The Robyn Ivy Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Take a seat at the table next to Robyn Ivy, as she discusses the extraordinary lives and passion driven purpose behind some of today's thought leaders, mentors, creatives and spiritual guides.
Each discussion will bring you on a journey through overcoming difficulty and emerging into a life of deep meaning and excitement. Chances are, one of these discussions will speak directly to you.
- Today we are talking about change.
- Have you ever wanted something about yourself or in your life-within your control- to be different only to wake up months or years later realizing you still haven’t changed it? Then even if you begin to make the change, you quickly wonder if ALL that’s involved in change is worth “different”.
- This episode is about that “ALL that’s involved” and how to deal with it.
- Change can be intimidating, but it's through change that we grow and evolve. It requires bravery and a willingness to push beyond our comfort zones, be in reality with ourselves and yes, feel our feelings.
- Whether it's a big life decision or a small adjustment in our daily routines, change can lead us to new and exciting opportunities.
- Regardless of what you’d like to change, begin by taking a moment for self-reflection. What is that one thing you want to be different in your life? Identify the loudest criticisms or nagging thoughts in your mind, and challenge them. Address any limiting beliefs you may have about time, resources, or money. Your dreams and aspirations deserve attention and action!
Join me to explore:
- Embracing change an essential part of life. Instead of fearing it, can you embrace it as an opportunity to grow and evolve?
- Taking action and making decisions: Rather than getting caught in indecision or overwhelm, what happens when you commit to your desired changes and take meaningful action towards them?
- How to challenge your inner critic: Address any limiting beliefs or fears that may be holding you back from making the changes you desire.
- Seek support: Whether it's through coaching, a trusted friend, or simply checking in with yourself, having support can make all the difference as you navigate the process of change.
- and much more
Connect with Robyn Ivy
- Website::https://robynivy.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #43: Mimi Sammis: The Art of Peace
Episode #55:Jerry Colonna: Leading with Kindness
Episode #79: Susannah Conway: Creating Joy
MORE ABOUT ROBYN IVY
Robyn Ivy sees people for a living.
Artist, coach, podcast host and trusted intuitive Robyn is a masterful guide for soulful growth.
She helps you get powerfully unstuck and more deeply connected, as she teaches you how to ride the magic carpet of your life.
Having spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer she offers a unique toolkit to shift your internal and external lenses to look at things differently.
Inner leadership comes from deep practices in mindfulness, creativity, shifting mindset and connecting deeply with nature.
She mentors select clients 1:1, hosts the Robyn Ivy Podcast, offers private intuitive sessions, leads groups, circles and retreats. She has been hosting circles since 1998. robynivy.com
You may not know that I grew up a punk rock kid in the late 80’s but that’s a fact. My hair transitioned through lots of colors, my Doc Martens were original and my weekends full of hardcore shows at small venues near and far.
What I learned in those formative years, as part of that scene, shaped much of my core identity and values that live through me still.
Today’s guest similarly came of age in mosh pits along the eastern seaboard from Washington D.C to Boston, taking the pole position for women and becoming a matriarch within the fan culture.
Author, award winning teacher and punk rock maven Nancy Barile grew up promoting all ages hard core shows in Philly on Sunday afternoons before it was a thing…she’s actually why it’s a thing so you can thank her directly for that.
Having spent the past 28 years teaching English Language Arts to public school children outside of Boston, Nancy is here to share with you the most important life lessons the world of punk taught her and teach you how you can apply them to your own life-even if the music isn’t for you ;)
Her book “’I’m Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises and All Memoirs of Punk Rock Rebellion” chronicles her experience as a woman at the leading edge of a musical and social movement full of (young)men.
Join us as we explore:
- How the formation of identities and values in our teenage years live in us now
- Resourcefulness advice from the punk scene.
- A teacher's guide to punk inspired ways to build your confidence, innovative ideas and creativity.
- How to lead as a woman when you’re outnumbered.
- Making room for women in a male dominated culture of music.
- Tools and practices to innovate, problem solve and expand what you’re capable of from a 28 year public school teacher.
Connect with Nancy Barile
- Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/nancybarile/
- Get her book “I’m Not Holding Your Coat”: on Amazon on Bazillionpoints.com
- Get her book with husband Al Barile “How Much Art Can You Take”.
- Find out more about “Kids will have their say” Read this article
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #32: Mihai Bancila:Love Art Not War
Episode #39:Raghunath: Love and Service with a Punk Monk Mentor
Episode #73: Brian Lima: Listen with Your Eyes
MORE ABOUT NANCY BARILE
Nancy Barile has been a public high school English Language Arts teacher working with students in Massachusetts for over twenty-eight years. In 2007, she was named a member of the USA Today All-Teacher Team, and in 2011 she was awarded the Massachusetts Commonwealth Award in Creative Leadership. She was a 2013 recipient of the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. In 2013 she was named Boston Red Sox Most Valuable Educator, and she was a 2015 Top 50 Finalist for the Varkey Global Teacher Prize. Nancy is also an adjunct professor in the undergraduate and graduate schools of education of a Boston-area college. Her writing has been featured in the Huffington Post, The Guardian, Ozy, Education Week, the College Board, and Hey Teach. Nancy is the author of I’m Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises and All Memoirs of Punk Rock Rebellion, which was published by Bazillion Points in 2021. She is also the author of How Much Art Can You Take? published by Radio Raheem. Nancy lives outside Boston with her husband Al Barile and Flippy the Beagle.
You know how sometimes you feel challenged to expand and grow in the dreamiest, most move to Tahoe, best kind of way? But then other times you feel more like you're being pushed and pulled to the point of no return? Like pizza dough you’re about to tear a hole in.
Join me as I consider out loud the difference between when we are being stretched too thin versus being invited to dance with the Great Mystery and evolve into who we are becoming.
Expanded into more or at your breaking point? Find out how to tell the difference and some helpful simple tools and suggestions for working with this tricky intersection of life.
I open with the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi in honor of my beloved friend, mentor, artist and guest here on the show Mimi Sammis who recently passed away peacefully amongst family and friends. Listen to her inspiring episodehere.
Join me to explore:
- How valuable it is to pause, reflect and acknowledge that sometimes we need to explore our emotions and ask questions before making difficult choices.
- The importance of establishing boundaries when feeling overwhelmed and burned out
- Remembering the planet's cosmic movements while engaging in mundane tasks
- How to protect your personal sovereignty and sanity
- Learn the value of letting go and embracing imperfections, releasing negative energy from yourself and surroundings.
- and much more
Connect with Robyn Ivy
- Website::https://robynivy.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #43: Mimi Sammis: The Art of Peace
Episode #55:Jerry Colonna: Leading with Kindness
Episode #79: Susannah Conway: Creating Joy
MORE ABOUT ROBYN IVY
Robyn Ivy sees people for a living.
Artist, coach, podcast host and trusted intuitive Robyn is a masterful guide for soulful growth.
She helps you get powerfully unstuck and more deeply connected, as she teaches you how to ride the magic carpet of your life.
Having spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer she offers a unique toolkit to shift your internal and external lenses to look at things differently.
Inner leadership comes from deep practices in mindfulness, creativity, shifting mindset and connecting deeply with nature.
She mentors select clients 1:1, hosts the Robyn Ivy Podcast, offers private intuitive sessions, leads groups, circles and retreats. She has been hosting circles since 1998. robynivy.com
On this episode of The Robyn Ivy Podcast, we delve into the complex and often challenging relationship that many adults have with money.
Our guest, Bari Tessler, a financial therapist, expert in somatic psychology, and online mentor, who runs her successful online program “The Art of Money” joins us to share valuable insights and practical strategies to help you navigate your financial journeys.
Bari's expertise extends beyond traditional financial planning and therapy. She discusses the importance of incorporating somatic psychology into money moments through body check-ins and shares personal stories to present a holistic and inclusive approach to healing our money wounds.
She says it is common for individuals to feel overwhelmed or stuck when dealing with money matters and emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive environment for oneself, taking time for self-reflection and being present to your emotions before addressing financial issues.
We talk about the role that shame can play in our struggles with money and Bari encourages listeners to understand their beliefs and attitudes about finances. Throughout the episode, she introduces various exercises and techniques to help listeners improve their relationship with money.
By the end of the episode, you will have gained valuable insights into building a healthier relationship with money. Bari's unique blend of expertise in finance, psychology, and somatic training offers a fresh perspective on navigating the world of money and personal worth. Tune in to this thought-provoking episode of The Robyn Ivy Podcast to discover the art of money and how it can transform your life."
Join us as we explore:
- How the formation of financial identities develop during childhood and teenage years
- Bari’s “Money Map” exercise where individuals explore their basic needs and desires for financial abundance.
- Understanding the powerful influence emotions have on financial decisions
- How noticing physical sensations, emotions, and breathing patterns, can help you make adjustments to feel more present and at ease in your body
- The Importance of Feminine Wisdom in Conversations about Money
- Tools and practices to go from money healing to usable money practices and beyond.
Connect with Bari Tessler
- Website::https://baritessler.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baritessler/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #40: Leisa Peterson: The Mindful Millionaire Maker
Episode #55:Jerry Colonna: Leading with Kindness
Episode #71: Brandon Hatton: Conscious Wealth
MORE ABOUT BARI TESSLER
Bari Tessler, M.A. is a Financial Therapist and Founder of The Art of Money, a year-long money school, and a Mentor program for therapists, coaches and financial professionals. Bari trained as a Somatic Therapist and received her Masters degree from Naropa University in 1998. She then ran a bookkeeping business for therapists and artists. In 2001, she merged all her training and created a somatic-based Financial Therapy methodology that she has been teaching for 20+ years. Bari is the Author of The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness and The Art of Money Workbook. Her work has been featured onOprah.com,Inc.com, US News & World Report, Reuters Money, The Fiscal Times, USA Today, The Cut, Girlboss, Nerd Wallet, Real Simple, MindBodyGreen, and REDBOOK. She has also been featured on the cover of Experience Life and Mindful. Bari loves to read, dance and enjoy dark chocolate. She lives in Boulder, CO with her husband, son, many cats + a big puppy. You can find her here: baritessler.com
We met up on the Yucatan peninsula during a vacation gone all kinds of wrong that I had attempted with my then teenage sons, many years ago.
Disoriented by grief, having lost both of her parents in a short time, Kerra Bolton, an award-winning writer and journalist, had moved to Mexico for a mid-life do-over and to restart her life.
Join us on this episode of The Robyn Ivy Podcast as Kerra shares her journey of how she transformed her pain into purpose through learning to shift perspective, seek out beauty, connect more deeply with her ancestors and express herself in new creative ways.
Kerra talks about the impact of losing her true north as an adult and opens up about some of her own powerful challenging experiences, including a traumatic surgery and the struggles faced as a freelancer.
Inspired by the incredible women she knows, Kerra expresses her ambition to make changes in her own life, believing that empowering oneself can lead to collective progress. She reflects on her journey towards personal and collective liberation.
We explore the power of metaphor, the freedom found in visual imagery, and the transformative journey towards embracing one's femininity and personal growth. Get ready for an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation with Kerra Bolton!
Join us as we explore:
- How to deal with life circumstances when you feel disoriented as an adult
- The liberating and transformative nature of seeing through different perspectives
- Trusting the healing that comes from immersing yourself in nature
- Why collaboration and recognizing one's resourcefulness is imperative in achieving goals.
- The impact of joy and gratitude on your overall health and the necessity of dealing with personal issues rather than ignoring them.
- And so much more
Connect with Kerra Bolton
- Website::https://kerrabolton.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerrabolton/
- Substack:: https://waterinmybones.substack.com/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #29:Cynthia Morris: Creativity Embodied
Episode #36: Judith Braun: Creative Freedom Through Discipline
Episode #46:Mary Jo Hoffman: Everyday Stillness
MORE ABOUT KERRA BOLTON:
Kerra Bolton is an award-winning writer and independent filmmaker. Transforming pain into purpose she uses the shame and trauma she has of swimming and open water to produce art and share stories that create healing art and spaces for Black families.
For 25 years, she has collaborated with industry giants across many sectors and the globe to increase brand awareness, generate revenue and change lives. A versatile storyteller across media and social platforms, she won the New York Times Award for Outstanding Journalism.
In her "spare" time, she is filming a feature documentary and writing a book about learning to swim, dive, and map sunken slave ships called “Return of the Black Madonna” (Director, Writer, Producer). Her work inspires courage, shifts societal narratives, and illuminates beauty. As seen in her film, Detroit Rising: How a Motor City Becomes a Restorative City (Producer and Writer).
She has been featured on CNN, Ebony and beyond. My first job was in the world-renowned Photography Department in National Geographic Magazine.
https://www.kerrabolton.com
Do you ever long to feel more deeply connected to other women, to feel seen, heard and understood?
Each month Rachel Leveillee and I co host a handful of local Women’s Circles. Today she joins me to talk about what circling is, what you can expect at a circle and what you will get out of being there.
We offer this ancient practice of sharing, community building and healing in a modern way so it feels accessible to all and relevant for the challenges of our times.
Beyond being a masterful restorative yoga teacher and facilitating circles, Rachel practices the yoga of motherhood, the yoga of partnership and the yoga of existing in a wild world.
She doesn’t always find her way to a mat and a class, but she does deep-breathing at red lights, pursues discomfort by cold plunging, flexes her presence muscles by paying attention to every delicious bite, and seeks balance and connection moment-to-moment.
Join us as we discuss why we love circles, wouldn't want to live without them and know you will too. Hear…
- How circling with other woman can build your confidence, connection and sense of community.
- Why noticing your programming, to notice your wiring, to notice your habitual ways of interacting with people is incredibly powerful to take back into your other relationships.
- The many healing benefits of mind, body and soul that circling provides.
- Why sharing your stories and experiences nourishes you and everyone else.
- How to connect to your own voice and trust yourself.
- How circling helps women heal the destructive and damaging relationships they have endured with each other…in part to patriarchal norms and beliefs taught to us.
Connect with Rachel Leveillee:
- Website::http://www.easydoesit.life/
- Women’s Circles:: https://wondercircles.com
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #53:Laura Peña: Invest in Girls, Change the World
Episode #62:Hiro Boga: To be Soul do Soul
Episode #69: Ali Schultz: Rebooting Inner Leadership
MORE ABOUT RACHEL LEVEILLEE:
It was while traveling that Rachel first encountered her love of yoga. After leaving a stressful job for a year-long adventure in New Zealand, she began seeking a stronger body and calmer mind through a practice of yoga and meditation. Often practicing outside, the connection to nature was freeing and inspiring. With this connection came newfound space in her life, with room for more peace, compassion, and joy.
Along with being a masterful restorative yoga teacher, circle facilitator and coach Rachel practices the yoga of motherhood, partnership and life. She seeks balance and connection moment-to-moment.
Through her work Rachel provides opportunities for people to feel seen and heard. She creates containers to experience connection, vibrancy, presence and rest. She compassionately welcomes people just as they are and offers inquiries to help people get clear about how they want their lives to feel. Most frequently this happens through individual coaching and group circles.
Curious about how to navigate the ups and downs of being a fellow creative soul in midlife and land in more joy?
Susannah Conway is a London based writer, teacher, and photographer who started out in journalism. Following the loss of her partner, she began blogging in 2006 and rediscovered her creativity and a path forward to heal.
She taught an evening class on personal development through photography, which was so transformative, she then launched it as her first online course, Unraveling, in 2009.
Despite thinking it was a fluke, she has continued to teach online and is a beloved mentor to thousands of women, including me through her love letters, online courses-I’ve taken a bunch-and her writing. Her annual Unraveling The Year Workbook is a must have free resource.
This convo feels like two old friends catching up at the kitchen table over a cup of tea.
Join us as we explore:
- How connecting with your inner child can boost creativity and joy.
- Constructive ways to live with ADHD, self kindness and productivity.
- How to heal our relationships to our bodies, minds and spirits as we age.
- Why sharing your knowledge is vital for your growth.
- How to shift controlling perceptions, work with our fear of not belonging and care well for ourselves.
- Why she encourages her audience to take the time to get to know their inner child and unravel layers of trauma
Connect with Susannah Conway:
- Website::https://www.susannahconway.com/
- Substack:: https://susannahconway.substack.com/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #29:Cynthia Morris: Creativity Embodied
Episode #36: Judith Braun: Creative Freedom Through Discipline
Episode #46:Mary Jo Hoffman: Everyday Stillness
MORE ABOUT SUSANNAH CONWAY:
Susannah Conway is a writer and teacher who’s been sharing her heart online since 2006. Dedicated to helping people access their creative joy and nurture a deeper kinder relationship with themselves, Susannah’s online courses have been enjoyed by thousands of people from over 50 countries around the world. Her first book, This I Know: Notes on Unraveling the Heart, hit bookshelves in 2012. LONDONTOWN: A Photographic Tour of the City’s Delights followed in 2016. She lives in London, England, with her calico cat and a family of foxes in the garden.
https://www.susannahconway.com/
What is better than a warm breeze dancing on your skin, desert flowers exploding in bloom, hugging loved ones, travel magic with some ease and flow built in? And did I mention Sedona?
In this episode Robyn shares some lessons learned, favorite moments and important takeaways from her recent trip out to Arizona where she was visiting her oldest son In Prescott, friends in Sedona and teaching with Chris Kresser at his Adapt Live event at Civanna Resort outside of Scottsdale, Arizona.
You can look forward to hearing about:
- Why retreating is such a powerful tool for personal transformation.
- The many benefits of sun, community, new vistas, adventuring, being in nature, amongst beauty and those you love.
- Why getting out of dodge (or your comfort zone) can open you up to possibility.
- How you can incorporate the benefits of these takeaways today, right at home.
- Ways that art can elevate your senses.
Connect with Robyn Ivy here:
- Website::https://www.robynivy.com/
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/robynivy
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #5:Angie Cole: Letting go, simplifying & shrinking life into a carry on
Episode #19:Dave Conley: Love, Loss and a Fake Shark Attack
Episode #21:Erin Sharaf: The Intersection of Mindfulness and Magic
Episode #38: Chris Kresser: Adapt, Thrive and Flourish
Episode #40:Leisa Peterson: The Mindful Millionaire Maker, with Leisa Peterson
Episode #61:Robyn Ivy: Curious and Excited
MORE ABOUT ROBYN IVY:
Robyn Ivy sees people for a living. A trusted coach, intuitive and fierce advocate for tree portals and a creative life, she spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer, honing her powerful skills as a witness. She is the host of the Robyn Ivy Podcast, where she discusses how to be more present to our lives and create what’s next with today’s prominent thought leaders, spiritual mentors and creative guides. Beyond her coaching practice, Robyn teaches, offers intuitive sessions and facilitates a community for those wanting to live and work with greater creativity, connection and consciousness. You will often find her traveling in a camper van, sitting with the trees or capturing the beauty of nature. Raising her now grown sons Rook and Cole was her best work yet. Find out more at www.robynivy.com
Welcome to an exciting episode of the Robyn Ivy Podcast, where we explore the fascinating world of holistic healing with the wise and wonderful Dr. Har Hari Khalsa, a true authority in the field of health energetics.
Discover how Dr. Khalsa’s own experience with chronic pain led him to become a chiropractor and dive deep into the world of yoga, Kundalini in particular, meditation, and alternative healing practices.
Together, we delve into his favorite current effective modalities including cold plunges, electromagnetic pulse therapy and microdosing; shedding light on the profound impact they can have on our well-being.
He explains the significance of energy in the universe and our bodies so we can better understand how energy, vibration, and frequency play a vital role in understanding the nature of the universe and unlocking our cellular functions.
We discuss the safe integration of psychedelics. With a compassionate and informed approach, we explore the potential benefits and essential precautions to ensure a responsible and transformative experience
Join us as we explore:
- Dr. Khalsa shares his insights on cellular function and the implementation of lifestyle habits that can dramatically improve overall health.
- What lifestyle habits does Dr. Khalsa recommend for improving overall health and energy levels?
- Gain valuable insights into simple yet powerful practices that can transform your health.
- Venture into the realm of psychedelics and their impact on brain function. Hear firsthand experiences of how psychedelics have helped improve Dr. Khalsa’s own cognitive abilities and overall mental well-being and the potential risks associated with embarking on such experiences without proper support.
- Understand the shamanistic tradition and its emphasis on healing through the improvement of relationships. Discover the profound connections between personal healing and nurturing harmonious relationships with ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Connect with Dr. Har Hari Khalsa here:
- Website::https://www.transformationalhealinguniverse.com/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #10:Catherine Just: Using Art as Medicine to heal your life
Episode #18:Kit Yoon:Healing Our Lives From The Inside Out, with Kit Yoon
Episode #38: Chris Kresser: Adapt, Thrive and Flourish
MORE ABOUT DR. KHALSA:
Har Hari Khalsa, DC, is a highly experienced holistic chiropractor who has been assisting people on their healing journey since 1988. At Transformational Healing Universe in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Har Hari focuses on chiropractic, medical, and yogic healing. He specializes in several techniques and fields of healing, including chiropractic adjustments, Kundalini yoga and meditation, the Wim Hof Method, and Summus Laser treatments (formerly K-Laser™).
Dr. Har Hari previously studied under Yogi Bhajan®, a master of Kundalini yoga. Through his studies, he gained wisdom and invaluable personal experience in yogic healing for himself and others. Dr. Har Hari earned his Doctor of Chiropractic from Cleveland University-Kansas City where he enhanced his skills and knowledge in chiropractic care and the latest wellness technologies. https://www.transformationalhealinguniverse.com/
“Conventional medicine doesn’t stand a chance of turning the tide against chronic disease”.
When Chris Kresser got sick on a surfing trip to Indonesia he never expected it to catapult him into becoming a leader in the Functional Medicine space but after a decade-long struggle with what became a chronic illness, he learned first hand where health care succeeded—and where it came up short.
After seeking the help of more than 30 healthcare practitioners and, ultimately, having to learn and implement behavioral change on his own with limited support, Chris emerged with his health—and a vision and drive for changing and improving the practice and education of his field.
A renowned expert, leading clinician, and top educator in the fields of Functional Medicine and Ancestral Health, Chris has treated thousands of patients with chronic health challenges over the last 15 years. Author of the New York Times-bestselling book “The Paleo Cure”; his latest book is Unconventional Medicine.
In this week‘s episode, he shares candidly his own story and experience and how that served as the crucible for the evolution of his approach, from a dedicated root-cause Functional Medicine practitioner to an explorer of what it means to thrive and flourish in the modern world.
Over time, he developed his Adapt Framework, a collaborative model of care, to offer you what he calls “counterpoints” to help you navigate or avoid these pitfalls.
Learn how to identify and work with limiting beliefs and ideas, like “health is simply the absence of symptoms or disease” or “that we, as individuals, are in full control of our health and well-being” or that “the ONLY way to improve health is to address the root-cause”
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Why you would benefit from a more inclusive and holistic definition of health (the ability to live your dreams).
- The role of what Chris calls “radical self-care” in a world where it’s increasingly difficult to find time for oneself.
- How to zoom out and look at health as a process we engage in, rather than an outcome.
- How to understand the ecosystem of health and disease. Turns out our illness, pain, and challenges aren’t purely individual.
- and more…
Connect with Chris Kresser here:
Website: https://chriskresser.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chriskresserlac
Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/chriskresser/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chris-kresser-l.ac/
Podcast: https://chriskresser.com/category/podcast/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #10: Catherine Just: Using Art as Medicine to heal your life
Episode #14:The Power of Food to Heal Community, with Palek Patel
Episode #18: Kit Yoon: Healing Our Lives From The Inside Out
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
What can you do to support this channel?
- Subscribe, every new listener counts to us!
- Engage, we are a community who supports each other
- Leave a review, let us know what you think
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What if getting into right relationship with yourself is about seeing yourself as a sum of many parts instead of living the illusion you are a single you moving through the world?
If you have ever wanted opposing things at the same time, you have bumped into your parts. The do-er and the be-er, the giver and the taker, the courageous and the brave and so many more.
Sometimes you want to take a nap AND be super productive. You want to live in the city AND the country. You want to be a business mogul AND live the carefree life of a vagabond.
Perhaps you’ve felt the paradox of emotions and have been happy and sad simultaneously.
At times you feel like the adult you are and then also like you are still the 12 and 19 and 5 year old child you once were. Don’t believe me. Get around your family. Notice what age/s you quickly morph into. These are your parts.
Fortunately you are bigger than your parts. You are large enough to hold all of your polarities.
Parts work coach Jordin James is here to explain what our parts are, how they operate and how we can work with them daily as a practice of self love and redemption. She invites us to expand ourselves to make room for, listen to and love our parts the way they always wanted to be.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- How to identify, be in relationship with and love your parts.
- Ways to stop leading with your survival part when you also have a thriving part who wants to take you on a more satisfying journey.
- How to hold ourselves instead of obsessively trying to heal ourselves
- What to do about meeting our paradoxical needs.
- How to connect to our Essence
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Jordin James here:
- Website:: jordinjames.com
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/justjordinjames
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #41: David Stern: Suicide and the Parts That Make Us Whole
Episode #47: Hiro Boga: To be Soul do Soul
Episode #55: Jerry Colonna: Leading with Kindness
What can you do to support this channel?
- Subscribe, every new listener counts to us!
- Engage, we are a community who supports each other
- Leave a review, let us know what you think
- Share, know others who may get some value - then share out channel
MORE ABOUT JORDIN JAMES:
Jordin James is a writer and coach devoted to ever evolving the language she uses to speak about life. She believes as we evolve the language in which we converse with life, we in turn evolve our experience of it.
Creator of Parts Work Academy, Jordin is equally devoted to guiding others into more of their own power through the more feminine side of self awareness and courageous outer action.
Learn more about Jordin on her website: jordinjames.com
“Don’t follow well-lit paths, grab a machete and hack down your own '', says unorthodox change maker and creator AJ Leon. Sometimes you need permission, encouragement, or simply to hear the voice of a like-minded stranger, tell you it’s OK to follow the breadcrumbs of your life and to go ahead and do things your way…even if it looks very different from other people’s.
Author, designer, investor and true global citizen, AJ joins me at the table this week to talk about living nomadically around the world, making big things happen, and how you really can create a life on your own terms.
Listen as we discuss how to let yourself dream again, challenging the status quo of what’s possible and the daunting yet exciting experience that reinventing yourself can be.
“There are few things more dangerous in life than waiting”, he says in his book “The Life and Times of a Remarkable Misfit, a collection of essays about living with intention, doing work that actually matters and changing the world’.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- How to widen your lens to what’s really possible.
- Ways to overcome the challenges of navigating change.
- What to do about the fact that this is not your Practice Life. This is all there is.
- Helpful practical tools and insights to begin again.
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with AJ Leon here:
- Website:: https://www.misfit.co/
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/ajleon/
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Episode #42: Onne van der Wal: Live Your Adventure
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AJ Leon is a designer, international entrepreneur, philanthropist, speaker, conference producer, filmmaker, investor, world traveler.
The Founder and Global Creative Director of Misfit, a gloriously eclectic collection of businesses and social enterprises spread across the planet; he nomads around the world and makes things happen.
Since 2008, AJ has financed dozens of social, cultural and humanitarian projects and initiatives spread across the globe. AJ has underwritten and invested in a diverse cadre of unorthodox changemakers, advised and mentored entrepreneurs of every stripe from San Francisco and New York to Malta and Manila.
He is the author of The Life and Times of a Remarkable Misfit, a collection of essays about living with intention, doing work that actually matters and changing the world. Get the book on Amazon.
Did you know that spending time with trees has been shown to reduce stress and blood sugar levels, boost immunity and cognitive ability? That’s just the beginning.
Friend and author Cheryl Rickman tells us all about the nature and generosity of trees in her new book “Tree Glee”. Given my obsession with trees, I had to have her on the show to go deep about how insanely amazing and important they are and why that’s as much scientific fact as it is cultural myth, wonder and woo.
Cheryl is a proud tree-hugger and advocate for the power of nature as a healer and energy giver. She is also a Sunday Times best-selling author of 13 books, ghostwriter of another 13 and a qualified positive psychology practitioner.
We talk about why trees have this impact on the earth and us that they do. What specifically can we learn from trees about authenticity, altruism, resilience and collaboration?
How does our ancestral memory play a role in the reason why trees are so comforting and calming?
How do our senses of sight, smell, hearing and touch come in to it?
Listen to this inspiring conversation about the mental and physical health benefits of time with trees and how and why they make us feel better.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Why we and trees are mutual light-seekers.
- What specifically can we learn from trees about authenticity, altruism, resilience and collaboration?
- What simple exercises can we do to build our connection with trees and flourish?
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Cheryl Rickman here:
- Book:: www.TreeGlee.co.uk
- Website::www.CherylRickman.co.uk
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/treeglee/
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Episode #35: Amy Wilson: Constructing and Tending Tree Portals
Episode #52: Doniga Markegard: Restoring Our Land and Ourselves
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Cheryl Rickman is a proud tree-hugger and advocate for the power of nature as a healer and energy giver. She is also a Sunday Times best-selling author and a qualified positive psychology practitioner. Cheryl specializes in writing empowering, practical books to help people fret less and flourish more and is a wellbeing ambassador for the Network of Wellbeing. She owns a small parcel of ancient woodland in the British countryside with her partner and lives in a country cottage near Stockbridge in the South of England, UK. You can find out more at www.CherylRickman.co.uk and www.TreeGlee.co.uk
Jerry Colonna is a sought after coach, author, CEO and cofounder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to the notion that better humans make better leaders. More importantly, he is a wise elder in a world where we need them more than ever.
His earlier book Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up stayed on my nightstand long after I read it as a reference for how to stay more human. It is a must read for anyone intending on being an adult.
In this week’s episode we explore the power of presence and the opportunities for deeper connection and healing with one another.
We talk about the sacred power of “witchy women”, the places our stories and beliefs keep us stuck and then he turns the tables on me for some 1:1 coaching.
Our conversation wanders and weaves from Jerry’s hailed success as a venture capitalist to his own experience of depression and suicidality. From the hard won wisdom he culled from decades in both therapy and on the meditation cushion, to the role Buddhism has played in his life.
We discuss teachers who have sustained him like friend Parker Palmer and Pema Chodron and the programs he now teaches that combine practical skills, radical inquiry, mindfulness and conscious leadership.
Prior to his career as a coach, Jerry was a partner with J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase. Prior to that, he co founded New York City-based Flatiron Partners with Fred Wilson, which became one of the nation's most successful early-stage investment programs. Reboot offers executive coaching and programs that combine practical skills, radical inquiry, mindfulness and conscious leadership.
His latest book Reunion: Leadership and the Journey to Belonging is coming out soon.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Why kindness may just make all the difference.
- The power of your presence.
- How we can be more conscious adults and global citizens working for a common good.
- Questions to guide radical self inquiry.
and so much more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Jerry Colonna here:
- Website:: https://www.reboot.io/
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/jerry.colonna/
- Linked In:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-colonna-reboot/
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Episode #47: Hiro Boga:To be Soul do Soul
Episode #50: Robyn Ivy: Staying Present In Challenging Times
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Founder and CEO of Reboot.io, Jerry Colonna is a certified professional coach. He draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction. He established his coaching practice in 2007. Prior to this work, Colonna was a venture capitalist focused on investing in early-stage technology-related startups.
Lately, I’ve been considering the impact that engaging in creative practices can have on our daily lives.
As we create we are regenerating our aliveness and exploring beyond the mind of what it means to be human.
Some ways I’ve been leaning into more creativity in my life.
Writing simple haiku’s. 5/7/5
Wandering through the incredible Storm King Art Center in the Hudson River Valley of New York was awe inspiring.
A fortunate synchronicity that led to attending the recent opening in NYC (and meeting) globally acclaimed sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard reminds us miracles are real and you CAN meet your heroes.
Listen as I riff on how creativity is a way home to better understanding ourselves and the world.
Art is a refuge.
Love and light,
What began four years ago as a passion project for She is the Universe founder Laura Peña, has since become a global movement dedicated to empowering teen age girls around the world.
Having told stories to build some of America’s largest brands, Laura knew young women had powerful stories and ideas to share. She structured her non profit around the ethos that investing in girls changes the world. “We offer girls the support they need to stand in their own stories and to pursue their dreams, through storytelling, mentorship and community”, she says.
Laura Peña is a Dominican-American speaker, filmmaker, storyteller, entrepreneur, creative producer, motion designer, traveler, and proud Latina. She is also a visionary and fellow lover of nature.
Listen to this inspiring conversation about how cultivating true leadership in young women has the capacity to shift what’s possible for many future generations.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
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- The power women’s circles and sharing our stories.
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- Nature’s role in passing down feminine wisdom.
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- How we can reframe the paradigm of competition between women into one of cooperation and collaboration.
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- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Laura Peña here:
- Website:: https://www.laurapena.com/
- Org:: https://www.sheistheuniverse.org/
- Instagram::https://www.instagram.com/sheistheuniverseproject/
- https://www.instagram.com/iamlaurapena/
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Episode #34: Marsha Shandur:How Storytelling Connects Us
Episode #43: Jim Mayer: How To Live In Harmony With Yourself
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Laura Peña is a Dominican-American speaker, filmmaker, storyteller, entrepreneur, creative producer, motion designer, traveler, proud Latina, and supporter of girls.
She has been traveling the world on a mission, “to listen to the stories and support the dreams of our future leaders, girls”. As an international speaker and workshop leader, Laura has shared her story at TEDx, Creative Mornings, and schools all over the world.
She is the founder of She is the Universe, an award-winning Global Movement and 501(c) 3 non-profit for Girl’s Empowerment. For three years Laura has traveled the world collecting on film the stories of teenage girls.
They share their dreams, struggles, and their ideas for the world they want to see for her documentary video series with Stories of Girls told by Girls. Laura encourages and supports girls to use their voice, own who they are, and embrace their power to change the world, using their unique gifts.
Every now and then you meet someone when they are smack dab in the middle of being molded by the universe into who they will later become.
You get a front row seat to a pivotal moment for them when everything changed or came together or they took that first step towards the rest of their life.
If you stick around long enough you may even get to see where they were led.
This week’s guest was 16 years old in 1997 when we met at the Wilderness Awareness School (WAS) in Redmond, Washington. I was 23.
Doniga Markegard is a wildlife tracker, regenerative rancher, speaker, and author of Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild and Wolf Girl: Finding Myself in the Wild.
Her teen years in nature school started her on a path that led to a career in animal tracking and then permaculture and ranching in at her farm in California, Markegard Family Grass-Fed, where she works to regenerate both soil and community through farming. Using the innovative, carbon-storing methods of regenerative ranching, she’s restoring the land she tends, bringing native grasses and wildlife back.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- What regenerative agriculture practices are and why they matter.
- How we can work with the rhythms of nature to heal the land and ourselves.
- The importance of staying connected to where our food comes from, who grows it and how.
- The teachings from Lakota elder and our mentor Gilbert Walking Bull that shaped her and her philosophy of stewardship.
- Ways to reconnect to nature, impact your local food system and understanding that using these practices it’s proven to work to restore biodiversity, soil health and regenerate lands.
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Doniga Markegard here:
- Website:: https://www.markegardfamily.com/
- Instagram::https://www.instagram.com/dawn.again/
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Episode #38: Chris Kresser: Adapt, Thrive and Flourish
Episode #14: Palek Patel:The Power of Food to Heal Community
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Doniga Markegard is a wildlife tracker, regenerative rancher, speaker, and author of Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild and Wolf Girl: Finding Myself in the Wild. Her teen years in nature school started her on a path that led to a career in animal tracking and then permaculture and ranching in at her farm in California, Markegard Family Grass-Fed, where she works to regenerate both soil and community through farming. Using the innovative, carbon-storing methods of regenerative ranching, she’s restoring the land she tends, bringing native grasses and wildlife back. Doniga is a consultant and guest instructor at Nature Awareness Programs around the country, has led retreats in places such as 1440 Multiversity, Canyon Ranch and is a regular speaker at events such as the Bioneers Conference, Food Inspiration Trendsummit, and The Grassfed Exchange. She is a certified educator with Holistic Management International. She has worked with companies such as Patagonia, Tesla and Google, and has been featured in articles from Civil Eats, FastCompany, GreenBiz, The San Francisco Examiner, and NPR. Most recently she has been featured in the film Kiss the Ground available on Netflix.
Along with her husband and four children, Doniga owns and operates Markegard Family Grass-Fed LLC raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork and chicken supplying the Bay Area with local, nutrient dense foods. The family ranch leases land through out the Bay Area spanning over 11,000 acres.
We all want a better relationship with our stuff.. and ourselves… but how do we actually go about creating that?
Pop culture tells us to become minimalists and purge most of what we own. Instagram therapists say setting better boundaries, improving self care and staying on top of our mindset will do the trick; but what really works?
This week’s guest, Storyteller and Space Holder, Paul Sockett offers a fresh perspective on how we can consider and work with that which bogs us down inside of our hearts and homes.
Having spent the better part of his career as an actor, Paul understands the power of the roles we play and the stories we tell ourselves. Living nomadically for many years taught him firsthand the impact that carrying around a lot of stuff can have on our lived experience.
Listen as he shares an inspiring new lens on how to navigate the intersection of our personal narratives, the stuff we possess and the ease we all want to feel.
Learn how to realign with your story and your stuff, by lowering the stakes so you can feel aligned with who you are and what you own so it doesn’t own you. Consider the revolutionary idea of stepping outside of our dichotomous society to make conscious choices about what is right for you.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- The power story and intention have on your relationship to yourself and your stuff.
- There is no right amount of stuff that creates real freedom.
- How to release the pressure so change can feel easier.
- Ways to use curiosity and creativity to let go of the stories, possessions and emotional baggage we carry that no longer serve us..
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Paul Sockett here:
Website: www.paulsockett.com
Medium: medium.paulsockett.com
Instagram: @saulpocket
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Episode #34: Marsha Shandur:How Storytelling Connects Us
Episode #43: Jim Mayer: How To Live In Harmony With Yourself
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Paul hates labels but at the moment, Paul resonates most strongly with the descriptor Storyteller (for the breadth of choice, service and play that shapes him). He is a lover of words, the Earth and a pun (the cheesier the better). He is what people refer to as a multipotentialite and multi-hyphenate, though the threads connecting all his curiosities are story & bold expression. This means there are multiple ways in which Paul can be of service (coach/performer/voice artist/dramaturg/space-holder & poet to name a few). He helps curious beings realign with their Story and their Stuff, inviting the lowering of the stakes and the revolution that is stepping outside our dichotomous society to make conscious choices. Find out more at www.paulsockett.com.
Today we celebrate our 50th episode. Woot woot!! To those of you who have been here all along, and to those of you just tuning in thank you! This podcast is for you and I so appreciate you being here.
Next week I’ve got another guest interview for you to enjoy but today I wanted to explore mindfulness with you from another, less obvious perspective.
Even on the best of days, living mindfully can feel challenging. Being in the moment requires our focused attention and a fair amount of energy. So what about when the seas get rough? How can we stay present during life’s more difficult moments, days or chapters?
The past month has been a real doozy for folks. 6 planets have been in retrograde and whether that’s as impactful as the astrologists say or not; for many it has felt like all hell has broken loose. I know this because it’s what my clients, colleagues and friends are sharing with me.
Whether your rough patch is a minor inconvenience or a lifelong obstacle, this episode is here to keep you company, normalize the disruption and offer you some ways to be present for it all.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- The humanity of hard times.
- How to be present to yourself and to your life in the midst of real challenges.
- You are not alone.
- Ways to care for yourself, find refuge, and create some ease, relief and sanity.
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Robyn Ivy here:
- Website::https://www.robynivy.com/
- Facebook::https://www.facebook.com/robynivy
- Linked In::https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-ivy/
- Instagram::https://www.instagram.com/robynivy
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Episode #38: Chris Kresser: Adapt, Thrive and Flourish
Episode #41: David Stern: Suicide and the parts that make us whole
Episode #43: Mimi Sammis: The Art of Peace
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Robyn Ivy sees people for a living. A trusted coach, intuitive and fierce advocate for tree portals and a creative life, she spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer, honing her powerful skills as a witness. She is the host of the Robyn Ivy Podcast, where she discusses how to be more present to our lives and create what’s next with today’s prominent thought leaders, spiritual mentors and creative guides. Beyond her coaching practice, Robyn teaches, offers intuitive sessions and facilitates a community for those wanting to live and work with greater creativity, connection and consciousness. You will often find her traveling in a camper van, sitting with the trees or capturing the beauty of nature. Raising her now grown sons Rook and Cole was her best work yet. Find out more at www.robynivy.com
When I ran to the local Walmart a couple months ago for an early morning errand, I never expected it to lead to a social experiment in generosity and taking the pulse of what’s really happening in the minds, hearts and spirits of a lot of women right now.
25 or so conversations later with ladies 17 to 82, from diverse backgrounds and across the globe; I felt compelled to do my first solo podcast to bring you into the conversation.
It can be really helpful to know the truths, challenges and desires that other women are wrestling with day to day and to be inspired by what they are championing and creating.
With loneliness, anxiety and burnout now epidemics here in the U.S it feels important to offer the reminder that whether you are riding the struggle bus or about to soar; you are not alone.
In this episode, you will come behind the curtain and hear what I discovered after a round of free one hour coaching calls to 15 women along with my own clients.
Learn which repeated and relatable themes emerged and hear how you can work with it all to create your next chapter in a way that feels aligned, ease filled and connected.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- The thoughts, feelings and experiences 25 women bravely shared with me.
- What to do now- since you are not who you used to be.
- How to identify and connect to your innate resources.
- Ways to begin again: in mid life, creatively, in friendship, where your dreams are concerned, as you create what’s next.
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Robyn Ivy here:
- Website::https://www.robynivy.com/
- Facebook::https://www.facebook.com/robynivy
- Linked In::https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-ivy/
- Instagram::https://www.instagram.com/robynivy
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Episode #23: Steven Morris: Creating A Beautiful Business
Episode #29:Creativity Embodied, with Cynthia Morris
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Robyn Ivy sees people for a living. A trusted coach, intuitive and fierce advocate for tree portals and a creative life, she spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer, honing her powerful skills as a witness. She is the host of the Robyn Ivy Podcast, where she discusses how to be more present to our lives and create what’s next with today’s prominent thought leaders, spiritual mentors and creative guides. Beyond her coaching practice, Robyn teaches, offers intuitive sessions and facilitates a community for those wanting to live and work with greater creativity, connection and consciousness. You will often find her traveling in a camper van, sitting with the trees or capturing the beauty of nature. Raising her now grown sons Rook and Cole was her best work yet. Find out more at www.robynivy.com
Bask in each sun filled word of the divine wisdom well and soul of luminary, Hiro Boga.
You will not be the same after you listen to her. If you listen long enough, your transformation is inevitable. Read her. Take her programs. Be in her orbit.
“Make a bonfire of your identities.”
“Trust the gifts of resistance: Divine timing; right relationship with yourself, your soul, your rambling creativity.”
“Good business understands, in a very pragmatic way, that we are the green branches and breathing leaves of the world tree. “
We need trusted elders to lead us forward and set us straight when we veer from our values. Seers who have gazed upon life from other viewpoints and can show us the way. Those who have found refuge in their own truth and soul and will keep us true.
Hiro Boga does this. She generously offers counsel to the world; as a business artist, mentor and soul alchemist through her writing, self study programs and poetry.
Her award winning books include “To Be Soul, Do Soul” and best-seller, “The World of Your Business Playbook”.
She supports female entrepreneurs to bring their deepest, most profound vision for their business, and our world, to life and she does it in the most sacred, loving, gentle yet no nonsense way imaginable.
A student of her work for many years, I would follow her beacon of light to the ends of the earth and beyond and invite you to do the same.
It will be so worth it.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Hear Hiro’s beautiful story of growing up in India, meeting the Devas and how to work with multi-dimensional consciousness and subtle energies in your life.
- How to hear and return to your soul's desires so you can enjoy being the powerful, free and whole person you are.
- How to live in harmony with your vision and values, in partnership with your soul, and in service to the Sacred.
- Simple practices to deepen your felt connection with the spiritual dimension of your life, your community, nature and the more than human world.
- and more…
Connect with Hiro Boga here:
Website::https://hiroboga.com/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #8: Discover your Desire for What's Next, with Jennifer Louden
Episode #15:How To Live In Harmony With Yourself, with Jim Mayer
Episode #28:Shift Energy and Clear Unconscious Blocks to Unconditional Love, with Sandra Biskind
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
https://www.robynivy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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Hiro Boga is an award-winning writer, business strategist, mentor to visionary leaders, teacher, and founder of the Deva Alchemy Academy. She is the author of five books, most recently To Be Soul, Do Soul: Adventures in Creative Consciousness and The World of Your Business Playbook. She lives and works on the west coast of Canada.
You can read more about Hiro and the Deva Alchemy Academy at hiroboga.com.
You can also connect with her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HiroBoga.Inc
Instagram @hiroboga, where she shares daily inspiration and writing.
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STILL Blog: https://stillblog.net/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/maryjohoffman
email her at: maryjo@stillblog.net
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Episode #05: Angie Cole: Letting go, simplifying and shrinking life into a carry on suitcase
Episode #06: Betsy Myers: Being an Authentic Leader
Episode #11:Navigating Change, with Cris Sgrott
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
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https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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Meet Corwin! This adorable character's name means "heart's friend". Corwin is a true love, spreading joy and support through special, hand-drawn greeting cards.
Corwin came to life in January 2020 from a needed nudge reminding the illustrator to utilize her inner talent and go for it. The result of this encouragement led to the creation of these adorable hand-drawn greeting cards.
This story serves as a reminder of how important it is to have people in our lives that believe in us, to follow your heart and take the chance at doing something positive and joyful.
It also highlights the notion of friendship and connection to others. You have to be a friend to get a friend. In this fast-paced life we are living, it is easy to forget those people we hold most dear to our hearts. A simple card can provide that necessary reminder that all humans need to know—they are loved, they are important and they are thought of. Sharing yourself with others creates a return effect—like a boomerang... it comes back. Corwin cards have a “give love, get love” mentality… Using this approach to life can create a positive planet.
Why cards? Chris believes that greeting cards are the last token exchange between two people. We don’t write letters anymore, text messages are often deleted, emails lost... so this is our last shared appreciation for someone in our life. She thought it was important to keep the cards blank because she believes that the words of the sender/giver are most important. Even if it’s as simple as “I love you”... to know that you were thought of is a beautiful thing. And the fact that this character, Corwin, is conjuring up such joy is equally delightful.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- How to teach our children and ourselves to be more resilient.
- The playground offers many powerful lessons with the right guide they can be tools for life.
- You have the power to create a ripple effect of kindness. Learn how.
- How to use creativity to tell the stories we all need to hear.
- and so more.
Enjoy!
Connect with Onne van der Wal here:
Website::https://www.chriscarrink.com/
Facebook:: https://www.facebook.com/groups/569474610446382
Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/chriscarrink/
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What happens when you join a 5 month online program and end up getting much more than you bargained for?
Paradox happens. In 2020 I ended up reconnected with the inner sense of leadership I was after, friends for life AND also another tiresome experience of toxic male misuse of power and manipulation termed “transformational leadership”.
This week’s conversation is a two-fer. It’s a guide on how to make friends at middle age and the tale of how 4 strangers from across the pond, not only became friends but people who talked to each other every day for over a year and counting.
Listen as 3 of my closest new-ish friends from this program and I discuss our bizarre friendship origin story, how it’s evolved and what we learned that can help you in your path of friendship.
Hear our honest experiences navigating the landscape of adult friendships. You will feel so at home here with us. If you are lonelier than you wish were true, wish you had other types of friends in your roster or just want to have a good laugh, this is for you.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Loneliness? We talk about it. Disconnected? So normal.
- Betrayal and why friendships don’t always feel safe? Yep. Been there.
- Where and how do you begin when you aren't sure where or with whom?
- Hear practical suggestions for how you can re enter or change up your friend zone.
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Looking for an incredible dog trainer? Guest Katharine Brunsch is one of the finest. Connect with her here:Website::www.caninesupport.co.uk
Facebook::https://www.facebook.com/CanineSupport
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Episode #06: Betsy Myers: Being an Authentic Leader
Episode #11:Navigating Change, with Cris Sgrott
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
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Have you ever met someone truly unforgettable? The kind of person who lights up the world in the most magical, mystical, beautiful way.
Their childlike wonder and great success makes you wonder if you missed the memo about another kind of life available or at least another way to do it than your current approach. You just want to soak them in and linger in their presence as long as possible.
Get ready to spend an hour with one such light. One of my own personal mentors, spiritual teachers and favorite humans; world renowned artist and local legend Anne “Mimi” Sammis.
Mimi began her career in landscape painting and then expanded her artistic vision to include bronze sculptures full of energy and movement. Each one reveals a celebration of life.
As her artistic career advanced, so too did her spiritual life. The reverse is actually a truer statement. Mimi credits her resounding inner peace and joy to her 20+ year morning mindfulness practice reciting the “Peace Prayer of St Francis of Assisi”.
Listen as we deep dive into her daily practices you can easily adopt. Hear how her desire to create a Tsunami of Love in the world has created endless miracles and find out why gathering weekly with other creatives (for over 20 years) was a non-negotiable she believes every artist would benefit from.
Mimi’s’ work is well known and collected throughout the world. Something she also credits to her meditation practice. Her sculpture He Has The Whole World In His Hands was commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury for Queen Elizabeth in honor of her Golden Jubilee in 2002 and is on permanent display at Lambeth Palace in London, England. Some of her exhibitions include the United Nations, The Hague, the Arles Museum and the American Embassy in Paris.
This week’s conversation will very much leave you with the “I’ll have what she’s having” experience. Can”t wait for you to listen.
What else you’ll discover in this episode:
- How starting your day with intention and a prayer will change your life.
- Legit practical tools and practices to feel more peace, joy and presence.
- How to shift your perspective to see through the lens of love and possibility.
- and so much more…
Connect with Mimi Sammis here:
- Website::https://www.mimisammis.com/
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/mimisammis/
- Gallery:: https://www.jessicahagen.com/anne-mimi-sammis
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Episode #28: Sandra Biskind: Shift Energy & Clear Unconscious Blocks to Unconditional Love
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PEACE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
When professional sailor Onne van der Wal and his teammates circumnavigated the world aboard the Dutch boat FLYER during the 1981-82 “Whitbread Around the World Race”, he never expected it to be the launch of an epic 30+ year career as a professional marine photographer.
His sparse racing gear allowance didn’t leave much room for his novice camera kit that the camera company had given to him to document his teams amazing voyage so he had to talk his way into getting it on board.
Listen to him tell about how after winning the race, his unique and impressive photos from his extraordinary race were sought after. Sailing and adventure magazines flocked to van der Wal to gain access to his images and the rest is history; He hung up his sea boots and took to a life and career photographing the yachting world rather than competing in it.
Onne, a native Dutchman raised in Cape Town, South Africa, is an award winning nautical photographer and icon in the photography world. He is a Canon Explorer of Light; a prestigious invitation-only group of 35 pro shooters from around the globe.
He has produced and shot commercial ads and stories for some of the biggest players in the sailing, power boat and shipping industry worldwide. If you’ve seen a photo of a boat, chances are you’ve seen Onne’s work. Seriously.
We’ve known each other as long time colleagues here in Newport, Rhode Island, where he and his wife also run a successful gallery of his fine art work. Listen as we sit down to talk about his extraordinary life of sailing, seeing, shooting and epic adventures on the high seas.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Deep wisdom and practical tools to reinvent yourself within your career and stay relevant over time.
- How his culture, experiences and lust for ocean adventure shaped him.
- Advice for photographers of all levels on how to see in new ways, generate multiple income streams and better understand the business of shooting.
- How to keep your creativity fresh when it’s your day job.
- and so more…like why everyone needs a wife… shout out to Tenley van der Wal ;)
Enjoy!
Connect with Onne van der Wal here:
Website::vanderwal.com
Facebook::https://www.facebook.com/ONNEvanderwal
Linked In:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onne-van-der-wal-191741a/
Instagram::https://www.instagram.com/onnevanderwal/
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Even though awareness is improving, suicide is still taboo.
Having lived with suicidal ideation since I was twelve and lost my best friend to it at 19; I know first hand how painful and unpopular the conversation is. I also know there is an important dark side to wholeness that is as powerful, as beautiful and as human as the light is.
According to the latest published statistics on suicide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in the US. In 2020, 45,979 Americans died by suicide and an estimated 1.20M suicides were attempted.
As a fierce advocate for more open and honest dialogue about suicide, while people are alive, I am amplifying the conversation. It’s uncomfortable and feels vulnerable yet this is what saves lives. So we will begin here.
Dr. David Stern, one of my personal wisdom keepers as well as a clinical psychologist, trainer, healer and consultant joins me to kick off the first episode in this new “Suicide Series”. His practice is deeply informed by the perennial wisdom of the world’s wisdom traditions as well as current behavioral and brain research.
A certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist, he offers us a map to identify and work with various parts of ourselves that form a constellation of sorts, like a family…only on the inside. It’s a way of almost separating yourself out to better see who you are, what is getting in the way and knowing what you need.
Listen in as we talk about the value of difficult times. Learn that there can also be many gifts to receive in grief, depression or existential crisis and find out what we really need in the dark.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Learn what parts make up the whole of you and how to work with them.
- How you can enjoy an ever deeper felt connection with the spiritual dimension of your life and community.
- Why we have a collective fear of the dark and how to best support others in their darkness.
- and more…
I believe there are better ways of being with one another on the dark side of the moon. Let’s learn and practice them together.
Connect with Dr. David Stern here:
- Website::https://thinking-heart.com/
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Episode #34: Marsha Shandur: How Storytelling Connects Us
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MORE ABOUT DR. DAVID STERN:
David is a licensed psychologist, certified IFS therapist and consultant, who has spent
many years contemplating and exploring the nature of Self. He consults with groups from all around the world and has taught introductions to IFS throughout his home state of Rhode Island. David has led workshops at IFS conferences, and is
currently offering his first 16 week comprehensive introduction to IFS training.
He views IFS as a psycho-spiritual practice that helps us live by the golden rule.
In addition to being a psychologist, he is a husband and father who plays the saxophone, clarinet, a little piano and less djembe. He loves sing alongs and playing music with his family and friends.
No matter where you live on the spectrum of wealth from have to have not, the majority of us could improve our relationship to money.
Whether you are striving to create a mindset of abundance, build your wealth, dig out of debt or are considering how to be a better custodian of your resources and make a greater impact, a healthy relationship to your money is necessary.
This week's guest has walked her talk. Lisa Peterson’s life, both personally and professionally, has been the proving ground for so much of what she preaches. She and her husband have been financially free for over a decade and she is a passionate advocate for financial well being.
Working 25 years in the finance world, from mortgage banker to business development executive to treasured financial advisor, her financial literacy and reputation are firmly anchored.
Simultaneously she was also exploring a parallel spiritual path that led her to practice and teach mindfulness and meditation. Feeling like she was living separate lives she knew she had to find a way to bring them together to feel whole.
Eventually she allowed herself to merge her two loves: money and mindfulness and now helps people create more abundance and integrate their lives.
She’s here this week to help us create more peace and joy around our prosperity.
In this episode, you’ll learn the framework to help you heal your limited mindsets around scarcity to shift them into abundance that she shares in her book “ The Mindful Millionaire: Overcome Scarcity, Experience True Prosperity, and Create the Life You Really Want.
Hear inspirational stories and get practical tools and “how to’s” to increase your self-worth and rebuild the confidence you need to build your own holistic wealth. Combining ancient Indian principles from the energetic chakra system and mindfulness with non nonsense practical financial steps you can take, Leisa’s framework is truly revolutionary.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- How you really can overcome your scarcity mindset and limiting beliefs.
- Ways to work with the energy centers of your body to heal old money wounds.
- How to shift your relationship to abundance and scarcity around time, love, faith, health, food or money
- and so more…
Enjoy!
Connect with Leisa Peterson here:
- Website::https://www.wealthclinic.com
- Facebook::https://www.facebook.com/MindfulWealth
- Linked In:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leisapeterson1
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/leisapeterson/
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Leisa Peterson is THE Mindful Millionaire Maker.
She helps inspired business owners become game-changers in their field and achieve million-dollar breakthroughs in their business.
She’s a passive income specialist, author of The Mindful Millionaire, and podcaster who inspires people around the world to create a life of prosperity.
Leisa’s been an entrepreneur since 1975 when she started selling seeds door-to-door at age 8 and grew her expertise over-time to become a self-made millionaire by her mid-30’s.
Have you ever known someone at a distance but recognize that you’re really living somewhat parallel yet different lives with a lot of intersecting places to them? Well this is one of those conversations…almost 30 years in the making.
As a punk rock teenager, this week's guest preached anthems from the stage about positive thinking and a clean straight edge lifestyle. Ragunath Kappo, Ray as he was called in 1985 was the lead singer of the Connecticut based punk hard-core band Youth of Today; which quickly became one of the most well-known bands in the New York hardcore scene.
Growing up in nearby Rhode Island I used to see them play live at our local clubs often.. His music was a real rebel cry. An invitation to consider the limitations of both an unjust system and those of my one mind. A call to consider my thoughts, to have an opinion and to stand for something. It was an incredible window of time in my life. 30 years later Raghunath is still playing a role in my life..
Listen in as we talk about his evolution from punk rock all star to monk-true story- to the Bhakti yoga teacher of teachers and father of 5 that he is today. He owns and runs a yoga retreat center called Supersoul Farm in the Hudson River Valley of New York and is the co-host of the Wisdom of the Sages podcast where shares truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition.
Ragunath teaches how to create more love and connection in your life through service as his tradition of Bhakti Yoga taught him. Bhakti is the beautiful and natural practice of taking the ego-self out of the center and placing the divine at the center.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
- Learn why service instead of selfishness is the path to a more satisfying life.
- See how shifting our actions and consciousness away from self-absorption and towards unity-in-diversity, we can begin to see the spark of divinity in all living beings.
- Hear why singing is a simple yet powerful tool for spiritual liberation
- What it means to live with devotion to a higher power at the center of your life at the center of your day
- Practices, rituals and grounding principles to do so we are not trapped in the illusion of the chaos but can feel more present to our lives.
- and more…
Connect with Raghunath here:
- Website::https://www.raghunath.yoga/
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/raghunathyogi/
- Podcast: https://www.wisdomofthesages.com/
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Episode #15: Jim Mayer: How To Live In Harmony With Yourself
Episode #30:Jeff Harry: Reorienting Ourselves Towards Play
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Raghunath is… Ex-punk, ex-monk, husband, father of five, inversion ambassador, bent on Bhakti, detox junkie, evolution assistant, coalesced by kirtan, cacao consumer, puranic story teller, reciter of Gita, potential excavator, beyond birth and death. He is prana hunter, animal friendly, transcendence in training, born to give - to live today; full contact fighter, devours durians, loves to chant, likes a challenge, servant of the servants, harmonium hugger, conscious of Krishna.
“Conventional medicine doesn’t stand a chance of turning the tide against chronic disease”.
When Chris Kresser got sick on a surfing trip to Indonesia he never expected it to catapult him into becoming a leader in the Functional Medicine space but after a decade-long struggle with what became a chronic illness, he learned first hand where health care succeeded—and where it came up short.
After seeking the help of more than 30 healthcare practitioners and, ultimately, having to learn and implement behavioral change on his own with limited support, Chris emerged with his health—and a vision and drive for changing and improving the practice and education of his field.
A renowned expert, leading clinician, and top educator in the fields of Functional Medicine and Ancestral Health, Chris has treated thousands of patients with chronic health challenges over the last 15 years. Author of the New York Times-bestselling book “The Paleo Cure”; his latest book is Unconventional Medicine.
In this week‘s episode, he shares candidly his own story and experience and how that served as the crucible for the evolution of his approach, from a dedicated root-cause Functional Medicine practitioner to an explorer of what it means to thrive and flourish in the modern world.
Over time, he developed his Adapt Framework, a collaborative model of care, to offer you what he calls “counterpoints” to help you navigate or avoid these pitfalls.
Learn how to identify and work with limiting beliefs and ideas, like “health is simply the absence of symptoms or disease” or “that we, as individuals, are in full control of our health and well-being” or that “the ONLY way to improve health is to address the root-cause”
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
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- Why you would benefit from a more inclusive and holistic definition of health (the ability to live your dreams).
- -The role of what Chris calls “radical self-care” in a world where it’s increasingly difficult to find time for oneself.
- How to zoom out and look at health as a process we engage in, rather than an outcome.
- How to understand the ecosystem of health and disease. Turns out our illness, pain, and challenges aren’t purely individual.
- and more…
Connect with Chris Kresser here:
Website: https://chriskresser.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chriskresserlac
Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/chriskresser/
Linked In:https://www.linkedin.com/company/chris-kresser-l.ac/
Podcast: https://chriskresser.com/category/podcast/
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Episode #10: Catherine Just: Using Art as Medicine to heal your life
Episode #14:The Power of Food to Heal Community, with Palek Patel
Episode #18: Kit Yoon: Healing Our Lives From The Inside Out
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Rachel Gogos is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for people, the web, and creating strong personal brands. A true Internet pioneer, she was creating businesses online before Google came to play in 1998, and long before the phrase “personal branding” became an industry buzzword..
In this week‘s episode, she shares why building a personal brand is about so much more than a logo and choosing which colors you like. Spoiler alert…it’s also why it can feel so hard to do.
Turns out there is far more personal development and self awareness required in the process of crafting a business identity then you might imagine. After all, how do you bring your vision to life and make it aligned with you without first understanding the one who holds it and why it matters?
Rachel gives great practical advice on where to start if you are new to running a business and offers valuable questions to ask yourself that will save you both time and money as you create your brand.
You’ll hear real client stories as she explains how to work with imposter syndrome and other upper limit problems that come up as you expand. She even turns the tables on me to ask about my own career pivot over the past few years.
Learn why she says choosing to build a brand and career around who you are and what matters to you is one of her personal secrets.to living a more inspired life.
Here are some things you’ll discover in this episode:
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- Ways to help you overcome analysis paralysis so you can move forward.
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- How to stop trying to fit in a box designed by someone else and create your own container?
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- Why clarity requires action to get traction.
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- and more…
Enjoy this fun, open hearted conversation.
Connect with Rachel Gogos here:
- Website::https://thebrandid.com/
- Facebook:: https://www.facebook.com/thebrandiD
- Podcast: https://thebrandid.com/the-business-of-you-podcast/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #02: Gay Hendricks: Living from your Zone of Genius
Episode #25:Julia Gillmor: Build a Business Around Your Life
Episode #34:Marsha Shandur: How Storytelling Connects Us
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Rachel is currently the Founder and CEO of both MyPath101 (a product that helps students build a successful college experience) and brandiD (a soulful digital marketing firm). Both companies are founded on the belief that the more we understand ourselves and what makes us unique, the savvier are the decisions that impact our life’s path.
She started her career at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, where she helped create the look and feel for the organization’s first website. She’s held positions at The Wall Street Journal and DowJones.com, and launched multiple companies of her own.
She hosts the Business of You Podcast, was also a contributing author to Personal Branding For Dummies (Wiley), the #1 top-selling personal branding book on amazon.com before writing her own book, Build Your Personal Brand: The Definitive Guide to Soul-Based Marketing.
Artist Judith Braun didn’t know the process she used as a child to overcompensate for feeling left out would become her framework for how to accomplish anything, especially how to thrive as a professional artist.
In this week‘s episode, she shares how she has used freedom through discipline to create both stunning work, a successful art career in NYC and a fulfilling life.
Hear how you can apply her strategy to creating anything: artwork, your to do list or your legacy. She believes to cultivate more presence in your life and participate in the world around you more fully it’s best to choose a few constraints to work within.
Find out how an annual Tarot spread in 2003 changed the course of Judith’s life and why deciding what you want (even in the broadest sense) and setting goals can give you the clarity you need to move forward…at least the first step.
We discuss permission; why giving it to yourself is a daily requirement and how it sparked the evolution of her impressive thumbprint wall installations.
Learn what it means to be a professional artist, leave a creative legacy, to declare one’s place in the history books and to contribute to this era of humanity.
Judith is wisdom filled, inspiring and no nonsense about living a creative life with no regret. You’ll love her kind and honest approach to making your mark.
What we further explore in this conversation:
- Why competitiveness might be just what you need.
- How much courage and playfulness do you need to be an artist?
- Why artists may change what aging looks like as the 60’s generation gets older
- and more …
Enjoy!
Connect with Judith Braun here:
- Website::judithbraun.com
- Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/judithannbraun/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #02: Gay Hendricks: Living from your Zone of Genius
Episode #20: Alisa Barry: Curating a Beautiful Life
Episode #31:Candita Clayton:The Prosperous Artist Paradigm
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
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Judith Braun was born in 1947, in Albany, NY. She did her undergrad at Fashion Institute of Technology, in NYC, and then received her MA and MFA from the University at Albany in 1983.
Her goal was to show her art work in NYC within 5 years, and according to her plan she did that in 1988, with the popular collaborative, Group Material.
After she moved to New York City more shows followed, including the notorious Bad Girls show at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Then in 1995 Braun took a hiatus from the artworld to handle personal and financial matters.
In 2003 she decided to try returning to her art career, with a 3 year plan this time, and she succeeded. Since 2004 her work has been widely exhibited throughout the US and abroad.
Her current solo show, My Pleasure, at Opalka Gallery, in Albany, NY, is on view through April 23, and has been reviewed in the Brooklyn Rail and Schenectady Gazette, along with several radio interviews.
In May, she will participate in 11 Women of Spirit, at Zürcher Gallery, in NYC. Braun is a recipient of artists’ grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation among others.
When Amy Wilson started dancing in a local park to shake off the energetic dust during the pandemic, she never imagined it would lead to a powerful new relationship with trees, me and women the world over.
In this week‘s episode, we veer from the usual interview and instead welcome you into the conversation she and I have been having together, behind the scenes.
Amy and I met a couple years back in an online artist community. A multidisciplinary designer and artist, she creates for determined dreamers and makes art for the brave and breathing. Acorn is her creative studio.
For months now, we have met weekly to talk about the metaphysical, mystical and spiritual ideas we are exploring in our lives.
We quickly realized that we both have a meaningful daily practice involving trees.
Which led us to portals, and then to constructing tree portals, sharing the lessons we were learning with one another, weaving our rituals together from a distance and including women all over the world to do the same.
Listen as we trace the origin story of how our tree portals came to be, how they are being constructed now all over the world…seriously! Learn how they can improve your confidence and sense of purpose and how they are transforming not only our lives but those of people everywhere.
Amy is pure joy! You’ll love her light hearted, witty, smart, honest and fun presence. Her slogan for her biz says it all, “at Acorn, we strive to be imaginative, curious, authentic, and kind”.
What we further explore in this conversation
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- We share how we each made our portals and the ways we tend them.
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- How to use your portal to build self trust and confidence.
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- Ways trees can help you surrender, calibrate and let go.
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- How to care for and tend your tree portal.
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- Tree portals as a means to connect women worldwide.
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- Why tree portals may just be a way to reclaim the power of the feminine.
Enjoy this episode! Please go make a tree portal and tend it well.
You can connect with Amy Wilson, here:
- Website::https://www.acornacorn.com
- Download her tree portal instructions here: https://www.acornacorn.com/treeportal
- Mine are here: https://www.robynivy.com/tree-portal
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #01: Jonathan Fields: How to Re-kindle the Spark of a Good Life
Episode #04: Jeffrey Davis: How To Reclaim Your Birthright To Wonder
Episode #21:Erin Sharaf: The Intersection of Mindfulness and Magic
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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MORE ABOUT AMY WILSON:
Amy is an artist soul child living in Kansas City, Missouri USA. She thinks, dreams, designs, and arts daily at her creative studio, Acorn. Amy is a fierce advocate of childlike play, creativity, and imagination. She wields her epic creative prowess to empower causes and support people she believes in. Check her out at www.acornacorn.com.
Who doesn’t love a great story, am I right? Marsha Shandur (of Yes Yes Marsha) believes that telling stories is the key to changing the world. A Storytelling, Communication and Speaker Coach, she has taught thousands of executives, entrepreneurs and professionals across the world how to use the power of story to connect.
In this week‘s episode, she shares her simple rules anyone can use to tell a great story. Pro tip: give us just enough details to care. We get into her own journey from radio DJ in the UK to hosting live storytelling events in Toronto and presenting keynote speeches of her own on stages worldwide.
We get into the importance of leaders learning how to be vulnerable enough to connect without either feeling they have to give too much of themselves away or divulge their own privacy.
Marsha is a masterful storyteller. She is hilarious, beyond entertaining and a skilled diplomatic truth teller you will thoroughly enjoy,
We take a left turn into an unexpected dive into suicidal ideation when Marsha shares a story of a very dark time from a few years ago- as a way to illustrate how to share a hard thing well. So we further explore in this conversation
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- How suicidal ideation has impacted both Marsha and I .
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- Why talking about it is so important and how there are too few places to do so.
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- How sharing the darkness is also sharing our humanity.
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- Why and how our stories can heal and impact one another.
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- Why the stories we tell ourselves may be the most compelling.
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- And so much more.
Marsha kindly made you your own place to visit::
http://www.yesyesmarsha.com/robyn
You can connect with Marsha Shandur otherwise, here:
- Website:: http://www.yesyesmarsha.com
- Linked In::http://www.linkedin.com/in/yesyesmarsha
- Insta::http://www.instagram.com/yesyesmarsha
- Facebook:: http://www.facebook.com/yesyesmarsha
* If you’re in a dark place and need help, please tell someone you know. Or there are people who are here to help you.
US: You can call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255
Canada: You can call Crisis Services Canada on 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645
Wherever else you are, if you just google “suicide” and your country, the number will likely be the first that shows. There is light within profound darkness friends. Please take care.
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #11: Cris Sgrott: Navigating Change
Episode #23:Steven Morris: Creating A Beautiful Business
Episode #30: Jeff Harry: Reorienting Ourselves Towards Play
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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Marsha Shandur (of Yes Yes Marsha) believes that telling stories is the key to changing the world. A Storytelling, Communication and Speaker Coach, she has taught thousands of executives, entrepreneurs and professionals across the world and has been given rave reviews by clients like HelloFresh, Royal Bank of Canada, TJX Companies Inc., and Shopify. Before launching Yes Yes Marsha and her career as a Storytelling and Speaker Coach, Marsha spent 15 years working as a Radio DJ, where she gained a powerful understanding of how to tell stories in a way that fosters connection, trust, engagement and loyalty. Her work has been featured in Forbes, the BBC and Mashable. Find out more — and see Marsha in a LOT of wigs — at http://www.yesyesmarsha.com
For too many Americans, productivity has become the Holy Grail of our lives, but at what cost? This week’s guest Charlie Gilkey, Founder of Productive Flourishing is here to talk about our culture’s obsession with productivity and offer a more balanced perspective.
Author of Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done, philosopher and former Army officer, Charlie believes we can both get things done and feel good in the process.
In this episode we explore how to move the needle while honoring who we are and what we need. How can we consider the person as much as the results?
We all want to be and feel more productive, but what do we even mean by that? What do we do when that desire to make an impact turns into a pressure cooker of never enoughness and becomes an inadequacy catastrophe?
Is all of this pressure actually working? A business and executive coach, Charlie deconstructs what it really means to be a productive human being in today’s world.
What we further explore in this conversation
- Practical strategies to get more control over what you are getting done.
- How to deal with procrastination, overwhelm and other saboteurs.
- How we can better integrate “doing” with “being”.
- The impact of our task master mindset on our self worth
Find out how much creativity impacts our productivity and so much more!
Enjoy this episode!
You can connect with Charlie Gilkey, here:
- Website::https://www.productiveflourishing.com/
- Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ProductiveFlourishing
- Insta::https://www.instagram.com/productiveflourishing/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #8:Jennifer Louden:Discover your Desire for What's Next
Episode #9: Gino and Julia Barbero: Seeking to Serve for the next 100 Years
Episode #30: Jeff Harry: Reorienting Ourselves Towards Play
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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MORE ABOUT CHARLIE:
Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and changemakers take meaningful action on work that matters. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people.
People with too many ideas and too little time look to Charlie for help, and he delivers. His website, ProductiveFlourishing.com, is one of the top websites for planning and productivity for professional creatives, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. His award-winning book Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done was published by Sounds True in September 2019, and his Amazon.com best-selling book is titled The Small Business Lifecycle: Taking the Right Steps at the Right Time to Grow Your Small Business.
Romanian Artist, designer and musician Mihai (Mike) Bancila never expected to put down his paintbrush for a few weeks to help neighboring Ukrainian refugees find shelter, anywhere they could, in his hometown but that’s exactly what happened.
In this week‘s episode, he shares his frustration with the war, his love of art and how punk rock is giving his life some context.
We talk about the choice to be an artist and what it means to follow faithfully wherever that path takes you. How closing our studios and losing everything in 2020 taught us about creative courage and who we really are.
How necessary is courage for creativity to live at the forefront of our lives? Can we overcome our collective hesitancy, as a result of the pandemic, through creative practice?
We get into the importance of presence and why enjoying the process matters. He says “Art is the process of me being with me, enjoying what I am doing without thinking of the outcome”.
Mihai is high energy, inspiring and a part of a weekly artist’s collective I facilitate, and today we deconstruct the most recent creative challenge he led our group in and share an inside look at our own creative process, emotional upsets and tools for problem solving that work.
What we further explore in this conversation
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- How creative courage teaches us to correct our mistakes because we can’t control- alt- delete them but instead must create solutions.
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- Why showing up consistently as an artist and to the work is critical.
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- How art teaches you the value of being present.
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- Why our art is our personal message to the world.
Enjoy this episode. I hope it makes you go out and make art!
You can connect with Mihai (Mike) Bancilla, here:
- Website::www.bcatelier.ro
- YouTube:: https://youtu.be/N8d6fX7RYH4
- Insta::https://www.instagram.com/mbancila/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #10: Catherine Just: Using Art as Medicine to Heal Your Life
Episode #13:Evan La Ruffa: Building Community Through Art and Activism
Episode #29: Cynthia Morris: Creativity Embodied
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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MORE ABOUT MIHAI:
Mihai Bancila is a professional multidisciplinary artist. Graduate of The National University of Arts in Bucharest, Romania. He works on several media, including illustration, painting, sculpture, blown glass and graphic design. He came into contact with art from an early age, being practically raised in the studios of well known plastic artists (his father Dan Bancila is a well known Romanian artist).
After graduating, he worked in several companies as a designer or art director then opened an advertising agency where he was creative director. In parallel, he exhibited works of glass or painting in various group or solo exhibitions. For the last 5 years he shared a design studio “BC Atelier” together with a photographer friend.
The studio focused mainly on brand design and illustration, working a lot with theaters. Mihai bancila drew and illustrated over 50 posters for plays from Shakespeare to Fyodor Dostoevsky. He is no stranger to music either. He plays bass in a rock band from Bucharest with countless concerts - Gray Matters (band) and the story is yet to tell :))
This week, I am sharing one of my own best kept secrets: my personal fine art rep, serial entrepreneur and fine art gallerist and art advisor Candita Clayton.
Candita joins me to reignite your love of art, disrupt the starving artist paradigm and help steer creative folks towards greater thriving and abundance.
We announce for the first time, our new collaboration, “The Prosperous Artist Series: How to Quit Your Day Job and Become a Full Time Artist” a 4 part Masterclass Series on how to do just that.
Today’s episode is an inspiring one about reimagining and reconnecting to what’s possible. You don’t have to be an artist to benefit from getting clearer about what you want and make the mindset shifts necessary to see new paths forward.
We talk about how valuable art is, the unique role that artist’s play in our culture, in the world and in our lives and what creative experiences we really longed for during Covid.
Learn what to consider if you are interested in going full time with your art and get tips on how you can become an emerging collector of art at any age and financial status.
What we further explore in this conversation
- Why supporting art and artist’s matters.
- How using more woo in your sales strategy might not be so crazy.
- How to let go of the limiting beliefs that are holding you back.
- And more
You are invited to join us for our upcoming “Prosperous Artist Series: How to Quit Your Day Job and Become a Full Time Artist” a 4 part Masterclass Series that will teach you what you need to know to escape the doldrums and live a thriving life as the artist you are.
Enjoy this episode. I hope it makes you go make art, look at art, find artist friends and create!
You can connect with Candita Clayton, here:
- Website::https://www.canditaclaytongallery.com/
- Insta::https://www.instagram.com/canditaclaytongallery
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #10: Catherine Just: Using Art as Medicine to Heal Your Life
Episode #13:Evan LaRuffa:Building Community Through Art and Activism
Episode #20: Alisa Barry: Curating a Beautiful Life
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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Gallerist and Art Advisor, Candita Clayton is dedicated to discovering and promoting both emerging and mid-to-late-career artists from Rhode Island and beyond, and believes that art should - and can - be accessible to everyone.
Owner of the Candita Clayton Gallery, and a successful entrepreneur for over 35 years, Candita is committed to both showcasing fine art in all mediums and turning the starving artist paradigm into “The Prosperous Artist” instead.
She is passionate about creating a synergistic relationship between artists and art lovers, creators and collectors and is an active educator on how to become an emerging collector.. Having worked with over 100 artists over the last 12 years as a gallerist and art advisor, Candita is a true advocate and champion for artists in all stages of their careers.
She specializes in providing white glove art placement services to design professionals throughout the country. In addition to the gallery, she curates five interior design showrooms throughout New England including in NYC and the Hamptons.
This week‘s episode should be required listening for every adult over the age of 30. I know it’s just my opinion, but most of us seem to lose our capacity to play the older we get.
My guest, Jeff Harry is here to revolutionize that and explain how the research shows that play is in fact, NOT a just novel idea, not mere silliness; rather it’s in fact, seriously important that we reclaim play in our lives.
We dig deep about why we stop playing and how we can navigate the inner critics that come out when we want to play or even when we don’t wanna play and instead are doing the taxes or looking in the mirror.
Learn how to name your inner critics, acknowledge and make peace with them.
We talk about why asking “What do you want?” is both the simplest and hardest question to answer and how consumerism really drives our American ethos of ‘not enoughness’.
This one is so much fun! Jeff is inspiring, uplifting, super funny and really knows the science that supports it all.
It’s time to re-orient ourselves as the playful creative beings we are.
What we further explore in this conversation
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- What is the value that play can have on our lives as adults
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- How to reintroduce play into its rightful place in our families, schools, hearts and workplaces.
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- How to let go in order to reinvent ourselves.
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- And more
Enjoy this episode. I hope it makes you go out and play!
You can connect with Jeff Harry, here:
Website: https://rediscoveryourplay.com/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/jeffharryplays
Insta: https://instagram.com/jeffharryplays
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffharryplays
Medium: https://medium.com/@jeffharryplays
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffharryplays
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffharryplays
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #1:Gay Hendricks: Living from your Zone of Genius
Episode #5: Angie Cole: Letting go, Simplifying and Shrinking a Life into a Carry On
Episode #17: Trish Ahjel Roberts: Discovering Mind Blowing Happiness after Trauma
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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Jeff Harry combines positive psychology and play to heal workplaces, help teams build psychological safety and assist individuals in addressing their biggest challenges through embracing a play-oriented approach to work.
Selected by BambooHR & Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers, Jeff has been featured in the NY Times, Mashable, Upworthy, Shondaland, & Wired. He has worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, Amazon, and Facebook, helping their staff to infuse more play into the day-to-day.
Joining me this week is coach, writer, artist and yogini Cynthia Morris. An inspiring force of nature, Cynthia helps people make their big dreams a powerful reality.
She is here to remind us that being creative isn’t something we learn to be but rather who we are.
We discuss the power of shifting perspective to keep us sane and how to use it as a tool to get unstuck. We get into how noticing is one of the most underrated tools we have at our disposal and how you can apply it in your own life.
We get into our shared love of intuition and the ways it can guide you to places you wouldn’t expect.
One of my favorite examples of embodying a successful, no nonsense adult and playful, childlike, creative spirit, it should be no surprise that Cynthia’s work is teaching and supporting others to blend those two things.
What we further explore in this conversation
- What it means to dedicate yourself to your creative practices
- How to honor our daily creative acts such as cooking, parenting, gardening etc
- How to overcome creative stagnation
- And more
You can connect with Cynthia Morris, here:
- Website:: https://originalimpulse.com
- FB:: https://www.facebook.com/originalimpluseinc
- Insta:: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiamorris
- LinkedIn:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiamorris/
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #1: Jonathan Fields: How to Re-kindle the Spark of a Good Life
Episode #5: Angie Cole: Letting go, Simplifying and Shrinking a Life into a Carry On
Episode #15: Martha Santos: Choreographing for the Head and the Heart
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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MORE ABOUT CYNTHIA
Cynthia Morris helps coaches, therapists, artists, and educators make their big dreams a powerful reality. In 1999, she founded Original Impulse, a boutique coaching company that empowers creative people to focus, follow through and finish projects that matter.
The author of The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book, Cynthia has published seven e-books on writing and creative travel as well as the Paris historical novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. She is a watercolor artist and visual journal keeper who uses art as a way to express joy and consistently access inspiration.
In this episode, I sit down with spiritual teacher Sandra Binskind to talk about shifting energy and how we can clear our unconscious blocks to unconditional love and abundance.
Learn legit usable energetic tools to change your state, understand more the role of love in emerging leadership and hear why healing our unconscious patterns is so important to our lives and relationships.
Recorded in summer of ‘21 for my Inspired to Life Series and on the heels of a somewhat bizarre leadership training I went through, Sandra generously offers us all a powerful energy clearing to reclaim our center and she shares her secrets of staying youthful.
Enjoy this uplifting, open hearted conversation with the woman that author and spiritual mentor Jack Canfield refers to as “A profound healer. The real deal.”
What you will enjoy about this conversation
- Integrating spiritual and metaphysical principles into modern life
- How the power of using energy can shift your experience.
- How to identify and eradicate the unconscious programs that undermine success
- And more
Why should you listen to Sandra?
Longtime entrepreneur, bestselling author, thought leader and spiritual mentor, Sandra has been guiding people home to their highest potential for decades.
She offers a rare combination of business savvy, transformational leadership and soul enrichment. With her down-to-earth wisdom coupled with her multi-dimensional gifts, she creates profound sustainable shifts.
You can connect with Sandra Biskind, here:
- Website:: https://thebiskinds.com/
- FB:: https://www.facebook.com/TheBiskinds
- Insta:: https://www.instagram.com/craigsiegel_cls
- YouTube:: https://www.youtube.com/c/SandraandDanielBiskind
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like:
Episode #3: Tama Kieves: Wake Up To What's Really Possible In Your Life
Episode #15: Jim Mayer: How to Live in Harmony with Yourself
Episode #21: Erin Sharaf: The Intersection of Mindfulness and Magic
Here, you’ll discover even more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next.
Learn more about me, Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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Sandra Biskind is a global thought leader, international speaker, spiritual mentor and #1 bestselling author.
She has a unique gift to identify and eradicate the unconscious programs that undermine success—instantly amplifying her client’s ability to live freely and thrive.
Sandra and her husband Daniel created a multi-global award-winning retreat in New Zealand, named the World’s Best Luxury Coastal Hotel in 2010.
“Known for solving unsolvable problems”, Jack Canfield said, “She is a profound healer, trainer, speaker and author who does some incredible transformational work. I’ve experienced her work and found it truly life changing — so much so I had her work with my entire staff with magical results. She has an amazing ability to shift energy and remove unconscious blocks on very deep levels.
Her unconditional love, joy and radiance fills the room. She is the real deal and I highly recommend her and her work.” — Jack Canfield,
Using her unprecedented laser-like techniques, Sandra takes the brakes off your unconscious, freeing you to accelerate into the thrilling experience of a life without limits.
Karen Wright offers her perspective about the power of coaching, the pros and cons of living in the alpha woman paradigm and the real costs to lone wolfing it through life.
We talk about the importance mindfulness has played in her life and work and the challenges of integrating our true selves into the workplace.
She is one of the most experienced, skilled, and respected executive coaches in the world and, as a business owner, single parent, and sole provider, she has lived the “I’m doing it all” life.
Karen is a Master Certified Coach, a pioneer in the coaching profession, and a two-time author, including The Accidental Alpha Woman (a guide to thriving when life feels overwhelming; she debunks myths of what coaching is, what it isn’t and offers practical ways to coach yourself.
Owner of Parachute Executive Coaching, one of the first firms able to provide executive coaching on a global scale and a single mother to two incredible young men. Karen is an avid reader and traveler and currently lives in Nova Scotia, Canada when she’s not in Paris or Costa Rica or adventuring elsewhere in the world.
We discuss our shared experiences as single, working moms and how boundaries can be the antidote for women to overwhelm. How setting compassionate expectations for ourselves can help keep us sane and how often our judgements of other women hold us all down.
Karen shares ways to take care of ourselves so we can thrive when the overwhelm feels like too much.
Links mentioned in the show:
Karen Wright’s book - The Accidental Alpha Woman
How you can reach Karen Wright
https://www.parachuteexecutivecoaching.com/karen-wright/
https://coachingforeveryone.org/project/karen-wright/
@karenwrightcoach, @accidentalalphawoman
@KWrightcoach
In this episode, I sit down with Craig Siegel to talk about the power of possibility and how our heads can get in the way.
He’s a mindset coach, founder of Cultivate Lasting Symphony, keynote speaker and the host of the record-breaking podcast, the CLS Experience; Craig shares his favorite practical tools for shifting perspective so you can go after your dreams.
When the pandemic happened, he left his lucrative and stable job on Wall Street to go all in with his passion and purpose to help people revamp their mindset and believe in what’s possible. The community he has built in just over a year is staggering.
We discuss,
- Why the woo may not be as weird as you think
- Mindset and why it’s so critical
- How showing up messy is a step in the right direction
- And more
You can connect with Craig Siegel, here:
- Website:: https://www.cultivatelastingsymphony.com
- FB:: https://www.facebook.com/CultivateLastingSymphony
- Insta:: https://www.instagram.com/craigsiegel_cls
Quick note, I just want to say thank you for listening to this episode. I know it means a lot to myself and my guests.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like:
Episode #2: Gay Hendricks: Living From Your Zone of Genius
Episode #3: Tama Kieves: Wake Up To What's Really Possible In Your Life
Episode #20: Alisa Barry: Curating A Beautiful Life
Discover more deep wisdom and practical tools to be more present to your life and create what’s next in every episode.
Learn more about Robyn Ivy:
- https://www.robynivy.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/robynivy/
- https://www.facebook.com/robynivy/
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BIO:
Craig Siegel is a Mindset Coach, Keynote Speaker, Entrepreneur, Breakthrough Manufacturer, Performance Enhancer, and the Host of the record-breaking podcast, The CLS Experience, as featured in Entrepreneur, MSN and Yahoo Finance and as seen on BIZTV and the award winning CBS talk show, Wake Up With Marci.
He combined that with his Entrepreneurial spirit and he began what the world would now know as Cultivate Lasting Symphony (CLS), a multi 7-figure business and movement that has resonated all across the globe.
Craig believes that the most dynamic people are those who can dictate their inner experience, and he helps facilitate that by allowing people to tap into their own potential and access their own magic and manufacture gigantic breakthroughs in their life.
Craig’s unique combination of energy, motivation, inspiration, charisma, and business success has led to the meteoric rise of CLS.
All too often we find ourselves trying to cram in our lives around our careers; waiting to use our days off to get in some “good living”.
Even working remotely, you can still feel tethered to a desk.
This week’s guest, Julia Gillmor, offers another perspective. For those with an entrepreneurial spirit she suggests flipping that paradigm on its ear and building a business around your life instead.
A sought after business consultant, writer, skier, mountain woman, dog lover and vegan; she joins us live from Nicaragua; where she is currently practicing what she preaches on a 6 week work/life adventure with her 8 year old daughter River.
We talk burnout, exhaustion, navigating the obstacle course of work, life, freedom and single parenting. How do we honor the wandering parts of ourselves who crave nature, newness and wide open spaces while also acknowledging our real commitment to our businesses and making a great living?
Sound too good to be true?
Listen in to hear how Julia is walking her talk and learning as she goes. You’ll be Inspired into action as she shares practical tools you can apply today.
ABOUT JULIA
Julia Gillmor is a lifestyle-driven business consultant, coach and mom, with a knack for helping people take action to reach their big vision. She also has a secret superpower as a copywriter.
Over the past 10 years she has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, thought leaders and coaches helping them launch their businesses, programs and coaching. She teaches a step by step framework to build, market and scale a business online that gives them freedom, meaning and income doing work they feel passionate about.
A writer, skier, mountain woman, dog lover, vegan who built a business around her life and loves helping women make money with their message. She lives in British Columbia where she coparents her 8 yr old daughter River.
Originally from Ecuador, raised with a strict faith; Martha spent her life exploring the relationship between her head and her heart.
A shared love of dance, education and history fueled her but left her feeling divided. Listen in as we talk about how learned to be in her body, express herself and to integrate these passions to create a life that communicates the whole of who she is.
Martha Santos is an Associate Professor of history at the University of Akron, Ohio, where she also researches on women’s and gender history.
In 2019 she developed her revolutionary course: “Salsa: History in Motion,” to offer students an experiential and innovative way to teach the history and dance practice of Salsa. She will teach it at the Sorbonne, in Paris later this year.
A GIFT FROM MARTHA TO LISTENERS
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKu-rFTDCdsyTffFIkQJfg
Link to my youtube channel, that contains a series of documentaries on the "Salsa: History in Motion" course that I developed at the University of Akron in the fall of 2019, along with Lenin Guerrero Maldonado, Director of Salcity of Angels Dance Company and Juan Contreras, Video Production instructor at the University of Akron. The course was an experiential, inter-disciplinary class that incorporated dance and history in the teaching and learning of the history of salsa in the Caribbean and New York City.
The documentaries, made by University of Akron students who took a "Video Production" course taught in conjunction with the Salsa History class, narrate the experience of dancing in a history class, and of incorporating mind and body in a history college classroom, for both students and instructors.
“No organization will out evolve it’s leader”.
Today’s guest is a trained artist, designer, and successful entrepreneur, Steven Morris is skilled in creating beauty.
A consultant and advisor, Steven has been helping build evolved brands, integrated cultures, and beautiful businesses for over twenty-seven years.
We talk about the unique way he combines expert business strategy, humanistic psychology and artistic sensitivity to help business leaders realize the full potential of their organizations and their humanity.
We dive into his latest book “The Beautiful Business: An Actionable Manifesto to Create an Unignorable Business with Love at the Core” which critics have praised as the ‘Artist Way for Business’.
Can beauty be applied everywhere, even in business? People are craving being more human at work but how do we do that well?
What does it mean to consider our leaders as healers and what do they risk stepping into that?
It’s a wonderful conversation that weaves between the seen and the unseen worlds about how wisdom, creativity and risking being human together may be how we reclaim our wholeness.
His impressive client roster includes working with over 3,000 business leaders and more than 250 brands including Sony, Samsung, Amazon, the NFL and MLB, and Habitat for Humanity.
Steven offers practical tools and sage advice from his unique perspective as a successful entrepreneur, advisor, artist, beekeeper, and surfer. He lives in San Diego.
Learn more at matterco.co
Listen to his podcast “Beautiful Business Podcast”
STEVEN'S BOOK
The Beautiful Business: An Actionable Manifesto to Create an Unignorable Business with Love at the Core
GIFT FOR LISTENERS
https://matterco.co/year-end-toolkit/
It might be a bit late for this but why not add it in? March is the new January no?
This is a year-end, year-start workbook that I've shared with more than 10,000 people to help them reflect on the past year and envision the next.
The wisdom runs as deep as the joy in my first guest Agapi Stassinopoulos. She opens this conversation by guiding us in a centering meditation and we go on to discuss how to accept yourself, get out of your head and become more available for life.
Agapi is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. Through her books, workshops and keynotes she takes you on a journey and inspires you to let go of what doesn’t work and instead create the lives you really want.
She currently consults and presents for Thrive Global, a company founded by her sister, Arianna Huffington, to help change the way we work and live. You can’t help but smile throughout this love filled conversation.
INNER CIRCLE GIFT FROM AGAPI
Email Agapi at agapi@unbindingtheheart.com for 8 free guided meditations from her most recent book, Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life.
MORE ABOUT AGAPI
AGAPI STASSINOPOULOS is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. In her previous book, Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love, she shares the wisdom from her life’s adventures and experiences. In her new book, Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life, she takes readers on a journey and inspires them to let go of what doesn’t work and instead create the lives they really want.
Agapi was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then moved on to receive her master’s degree in psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
Her previous books on the Greek archetypes, Gods and Goddesses in Love and Conversations with the Goddesses, were turned into PBS specials. She is currently conducting workshops for Thrive Global, a company founded by her sister, Arianna Huffington, to help change the way we work and live. Agapi has spoken and conducted meditations at many organizations and companies including L’Oreal, Accenture, SAP, LinkedIn, Pandora, Google, Nike, Weight Watchers, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Global Citizen Company, Museum of Modern Art, ABC Carpet & Home, Women’s Health Magazine, Paul Mitchell, NYU, Gympass, and Hearst Communications amongst many others. She brings home the importance of self-care, practicing gratitude, generosity and self-love to enhance performance and productivity so we can experience happiness and fulfillment. She divides her time between New York and Los Angeles and was born and raised in Athens, Greece.
FIND HER online at www.WakeUptotheJoyofYou.com
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This episode was recorded LIVE,together in real life, back in October in Sedona Arizona. I was on a month-long camper van experiment out West but that’s a story for a different day.
This week’s guest, Erin Sharaf, is both a scientist and a mystic. A former primary care provider and university professor who became a mindfulness expert and shaman.
Erin now helps cultivate healing for people and the planet through enhancing the connection between mind-body-spirit and nature. Her work draws on both traditions of modern science and ancient wisdom.
We met up for a hike amongst Sedona’s red rocks, then sat down to talk about how her own mindfulness journey from a new student, a few decades ago, led her to become a fierce advocate for the planet.
“I sit so we all can rise”. Let that sink in. Magic.
What do we do with all that we become aware of when we get still, meditate and can see clearly once the dust of our minds settle?
Do we have a responsibility to do anything about that which we see?
For Erin, this is where her passion for social justice, peace and kindness came alive.
Mindfulness Teacher Plant Powered Creatrix | Peaceful warrior | Health enthusiast | Shamanic Practitioner lover of life.
An internationally certified mindfulness instructor, she has been creating transformative workshops for over a decade. Featured on NPR, in Mindful magazine and at conferences like SXSW, her greatest joy is getting to share transformative, heart-opening practices with others in the hopes that people will expand their circle of compassion to include all living beings.
A free spirit, she splits her time between MA, Sedona and Hatteras Island. You can often find her gazing at the night sky, wandering slowly through the woods or dancing up a storm.
Join her Mindfulness & Magic community at www.erinsharaf.com
My second guest today curates beauty for a living. Alisa Barry is an artist, author & entrepreneur. In the early nineties, she opened a café in Atlanta to share her passion for cooking and eating as an artful ritual.
Today Bella Cucina Artful Food is a thriving all natural, artisan product line that is available in lifestyle gift and specialty food stores around the world.
She has been featured on Oprah’s most popular “Favorite Things” show {twice!}, in O magazine, Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living to name a few and is the author of two best-selling books, La Bella Vita and Il Piccolo Libro
Join us as we talk about how to keep going, reigniting your passions, and honoring your own rhythms. If you want to curate more beauty in your life, slow down and enjoy the simple pleasures this conversation is for you.
Turns out by only choosing to surround yourself with what you love is a great place to start.
MORE ABOUT ALISA
Alisa is an artist, author & entrepreneur. In the early nineties, she opened a café in Atlanta to share her passion for cooking and eating as an artful ritual. Inspired by her culinary training in California and sabbaticals in the hill towns of Italy, she created a simple menu made with locally sourced ingredients. When her loyal customers kept asking to take home her artful offerings, an artisan food business was born.
Bella Cucina Artful Food is an all natural, artisan product line available in lifestyle gift and specialty food stores around the world.
Bella Cucina believes beauty extends beyond the table and into the home. In addition to her signature small batch culinary creations, she curates collections for everyday artful living. From farm tables to breadboards, vintage silverware, and hand-painted vintage Japanese Sake vases, she searches the globe for objects of affection and collaborates with other like-minded artisans to create beautiful essentials for kitchen and home.
Winning numerous prestigious industry awards, Bella Cucina has garnered the attention of the media over the years. She has been featured on Oprah’s most popular “Favorite Things” show {twice!}, in O magazine, Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Garden, and Cooking Light. She is the author of two best-selling books, La Bella Vita and Il Piccolo Libro.
Next up is Dave Conley. Listen in as we discuss:
- Life after loss
- Losing yourself to be found
- The healing power of friendship
- Shedding the skins that no longer serve us
After a sideways childhood, an unexpected career getting everyone on the internet, a tragic loss, and losing 150 lbs.
Dave re-booted his life, leaving his tech exec career to return to his entrepreneurial roots, but ended up finding himself.
He coaches and is a general partner in venture capital focusing on health and wellness companies of tomorrow.
His upcoming book is “Muberty: A Guide to Going from Mid-life Crisis to a Kick-Ass Life” available later this year.
And by the way, let me know what you think of these interviews so far!
Comment below and let me know what your biggest ah ha moments and takeaways are!
We all want to feel healthier, more trusting of ourselves and more nourished but where do we start?
Today’s guest Kit Yoon has dedicated her life to helping people get unstuck. We discuss what true self care is and how it can guide you to greater wellbeing.
An acupuncturist and coach, Kit speaks to what she considers are the 3 pillars of health, what the real obstacles to thriving are, and how you really can feel better. She shares valuable tools to overcome overwhelm and offers heartfelt guidance on how to work with our belief systems to shift the paradigms we live and think in.
We also dig into our friendship roots back in boarding school, outside of Boston. We touch on our shared love of photography, mindfulness and Bob Proctor..
… AND I finally get to the bottom of a 30 year old mystery about her father being the Prince of Thailand and learn her name’s origin story.
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Bio: Kit Yoon is a Chinese Medicine practitioner, hypnotherapist, health & life coach. She's been helping people heal themselves since 2002, integrating ancient wisdom with modern evidence based tools.
Kit was born and raised in Thailand, had formative education in the Boston area, lived and started her family in California and is currently living in central Ohio with her husband and their two children with a menagerie of chickens, bunny and an old Corgi.
You can find out more about her holistic health coaching practice at kityoon.com.
A beautiful story of trauma to triumph, Trish and I explore how her painful history led her to Buddhism, yoga, mind blowing happiness and ultimately, herself.
Don’t miss this inspiring conversation about how to open to more love, joy and liberation.
Trish is a Self-Actualization Coach and Happiness Expert. She is the author of three self-help books including her latest 12 Steps to Mind-Blowing Happiness: A Journal of Insights, Quotes & Questions to Juice Up Your Journey.
A GIFT FROM TRISH AHJEL ROBERTS FOR OUR LISTENERS
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MORE ABOUT TRISH
Trish Ahjel Roberts is a Self-Actualization Coach and Happiness Expert with a background in Corporate Sales, Finance, Buddhism and Yoga. She is the founder of Mind-Blowing Happiness LLC and Black Vegan Life™. Trish was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and holds an MBA from Long Island University.
She is the author of three self-help books: the e-book, Mind-Blowing Happiness™ Guide to Self-Care; the self-help memoir, Thinking Outside the Chrysalis: A Black Woman's Guide to Spreading Her Wings; and the inspirational journal, 12 Steps to Mind-Blowing Happiness: A Journal of Insights, Quotes & Questions to Juice Up Your Journey.
Trish has over a decade of Buddhist study at Kadampa Meditation Center in Atlanta, GA and over twenty years of yoga experience.
Mia is an internationally respected wellness and leadership expert, speaker and former Ms. Olympia Fitness.
Currently she is Chalene Johnson’s personal trainer and was the trainer to Tamra Judge on the Real Housewives of Orange County.
Mia and I go back almost 20 years. We get into how to like the skin we are in and reclaim a healthy relationship to our bodies.
We talk about her non-negotiable of keeping faith and family first and how to stay committed to what matters most.
Things get emotional when she shares the story of her very personal journey of grief after her oldest son Noah was murdered suddenly in 2018.
Grab some Kleenex and listen to this powerful story of a mother’s love, heartbreak and the willingness to keep going.
A GIFT FROM MIA !!
https://www.miafinnegan.com/oneweekmealplan
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MORE ABOUT MIA
She is a wife, mother of 3, transformation coach, teacher, and mentor.
She and her husband Ritch own and operate Finnegan Wellness, LLC a multifaceted company that specializes in health and wellness accountability coaching and transforming people worldwide spiritually, mentally, and physically.
She has been a contributing writer and featured in Shape, Fit, VIE, Oxygen, Fitness Rx, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Flex, Ironman, Muscle Mag International, Muscular Development, Body’s Magazine, Italy, and numerous other international fitness magazines.
Most recently she is Chalene Johnson’s personal trainer and was the trainer to Tamra Judge on the Real Housewives of Orange County, as well as appearing on Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen. She has been the Host/Fitness Expert on numerous Danskin Now® & Golds Gym® DVDs, The Health Network show “Fitting it in", ABC 6 Finnegan Fitness Minutes, and Expert Commentary ESPN – 65 Plus shows.
Jim Mayer is a renowned bass player who has been touring, writing, and recording in Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band since 1989. He has performed live with James Taylor, Ringo Starr, Don Henley, and Joni Mitchell, and, in addition to Jimmy Buffett, has recorded with Little Feat, JD Souther, and Mac McAnally. Mayer is a children’s advocate, songwriter, and author.
He has had two Number 1 hits on Sirius/XM Kids radio, won multiple awards for children’s songwriting, and has presented his IM4U Teaching Program at national educational conferences. Mayer has performed live shows and presented workshops for children and educators in the US and Europe.
As a public speaker, he has co-presented a panel discussion and workshop at the Harvard University Museum Studies Department on art and play as agents to transform communities. He is based in Boston, MA (USA).
I loved our conversation about real transformation, jazz music and how to listen for and live by the musical notes of joy, service and connection.
Learn more about me at: https://RobynIvy.com
Chef Palak explains how combining great food with good people is her personal recipe for living a good life. Best part? She says it’s best to keep it simple!
Catch up with one of the food industry’s newest and sassiest rising stars. Palak gained critical acclaim from her victories in famed shows like Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay on the Food Network.
Her new restaurant Dash and Chutney opens in Atlanta later this summer.
Tune in as we dish about the power of food to heal not only our bodies but our communities, and maybe even the human spirit.
MORE ABOUT PALEK
Website: https://www.chefpalakpatel.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefpalak
Palak Patel is a classically trained, renowned chef, TV personality, TEDx speaker, creator of the first Curry Cube for BOU, and chef at the Institute of Culinary Education. She’s one of the food industry’s newest and sassiest rising stars, gaining critical acclaim from victories in famed shows like Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay on Food Network. Most recently she was top four on season 14 of Food Network Star.
She is currently opening her first restaurant Dash and Chutney in Atlanta late summer of 2021.
Evan La Ruffa is an urban kid who grew up in a multicultural home in Chicago. Surrounded by family and laughter he lives and breathes a joyful enthusiasm for life as an art form.
We talk about his mission to make great art available for everyone, how that heals communities from the inside out and how each of our own unique experiences lead us right where we need to be. He acknowledges the impact that seeing through the lens of what’s possible has had on his ability to do extraordinary and innovative things in the nonprofit space and world at large.
Laugh along with this light hearted lighting strike of a human. Evan La Ruffa.
ABOUT EVAN LA RUFFA
Evan La Ruffa lives and works at the intersection of the following:
Art + Entrepreneurship + Activism + Nonprofit Sustainability + Creative Future
He is an artist and the founder of I Paint My Mind, an organization that transforms people and spaces by connecting artists, businesses, and communities through art.
He currently serves as the Executive Director and Leader Curator where they have amassed an incredible collection of over 1100 pieces of original art, which they have exhibited in over 65 businesses and communities.
Evan grew up in a multicultural home in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood - one of the most diverse communities in the entire United States. He went to bilingual immersion public school that focused on art + activism.
He says “I was going to play soccer in college, got hurt, focused on activism, which led to my big question: how we can sustainably fund community work? And my big answer is: value + connection.” He’s been working to create both while making art more accessible to everyone ever since.
You can browse their collection at IPaintMyMind.org.
In this episode, I welcome James Victore, author of Feck Perfuction, designer, mentor, artist and founder of Creative Warrior, an online community for those seeking to unleash their creative freedom.
You’re going to love this fun filled, no holds barred conversation about being brave enough to be you in the world and how to bring your biggest, boldest and most dangerous ideas to light.
About James Victore
James Victore is an author, artist, mentor and designer to brave clients.
As a creative thought leader James is a sought after speaker known for his timely wisdom and impassioned views about creativity and it’s place in the world.
He teaches how to illuminate your individual gifts in order to find clarity and purpose.
His work is represented in the permanent collections of museums worldwide.
Professional organizer, speaker, coach and author, Cris Sgrott specializes in helping clients with brain-based challenges. In 2007 she founded Organizing Maniacs and also happens to be my accountability partner and dear friend.
Together we explore navigating change and she offers some practical solutions for managing overwhelm. Cris shares one of her favorite tools for creating more fun in her life and we tackle how letting go means first, being confronted with your “stuff”.
GIFT FROM CRIS
https://organizingmaniacs.com/online-diy/free-training-fridays/
During the pandemic, I got bored and did some well-attended pieces of training from home, here is access to recording to those pieces of training. We talked about tools and apps to work from home and be more productive, ways to be more organized, ways to honor your family memorabilia. In total there are 7 free pieces of training.
MORE ABOUT CRIS
Professional organizer, speaker, and author, Cris Sgrott, CPO®, CPO-CD®, SMM-C came to the organizing and productivity profession by accident when she was downsized by the economy ten years ago. Searching for an outlet to foster her intuitive nature, embrace her desire to help people, and her natural ability to help clients with brain-based challenges, she founded Organizing Maniacs in 2007.
In addition, Cris co-hosts the Productivity Lovers Podcast with Deb Lee.
Catherine Just is an artist, photographer and activist living in Los Angeles. Her work has been published on the cover of National Geographic, inside O magazine and shown in galleries internationally.
Her work investigates what lives in-between the words and underneath the surface of all forms of relationship. She considers her art process a sacred practice of listening to energy.
Catherine got sober from a meth addiction at 18 years old on August 18th, 1987. She went to art school and studied conceptual art, apprenticed with Miguel Ruiz, the Toltec teacher and author of the Four Agreements and believes creative expression is a portal to spiritual connection. Catherine offers limited edition prints of her artwork and travels internationally for her photo sessions using large format film cameras.
She leads artist retreats in France and teaches courses online using art as a tool for transformation. Catherine mentors artists and entrepreneurs globally.
She’s the proud mama of her 12 year old son, Max Harrison, who happens to have Down syndrome. She’s currently developing the Max Harrison Foundation. The first program will teach kids with Down syndrome how to use cameras for self expression.
If you ever feel like you are juggling too much and still want to make more of an impact this episode is for you! I dig deep with these wildly successful entrepreneurs, podcast hosts and proud parents of six children into how they get it all done, keep faith and family first and serve others so well in the process.
Gino & Julia are deeply faithful, serial entrepreneurs who started by opening an Italian restaurant in suburban New York.
Gino is the co-founder of Jake & Gino, a real estate education company that teaches individuals to become multifamily entrepreneurs.
He is the best selling author of two books, Family, Food and the Friars and Wheelbarrow Profits. Julia homeschools the children while also being a sought after life and marriage coach and co-host with Gino of their podcast The Multifamily Zone on the Jake & Gino Channel.
GIFT FROM GINO AND JULIA
The Honey Bee Book
MORE ABOUT GINO AND JULIA
Connect with Gino and Julia on YouTube
Check out Gino and Julia on iTunes
Gino & Julia are the proud parents of six children ranging in the ages of 6 to 21 years old.
Gino is the co-founder of Jake & Gino, a real estate education company that teaches individuals to become multifamily entrepreneurs.
Julia is a stay-at-home mother who homeschools the children. They host a podcast called The Multifamily Zone on the Jake & Gino Channel, which focuses on spousal relationships and creating a happy and healthy home for the family.
Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the concept of self-care with her 1992 bestselling debut book The Woman’s Comfort Book.
She is the author of six additional books, including The Woman’s Retreat Book, The Life Organizer, and her newest release, Why Bother?
She appeared on a number of television and radio shows and podcasts—including The Oprah Winfrey Show. As an entrepreneur and educator, Jennifer has offered women’s retreats for over 25 years.
She lives in Boulder County, Colorado.
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My first guest is Martial Arts legend An-shu Stephen Hayes. Black Belt Magazine calls him "One of the 10 most influential living martial artists in the world."
He is peerless in his ability to share real and honest ninja combat secrets supported by unparalleled insights from the Himalayan meditative mind sciences. Spiritual teacher, author and former bodyguard to the Dalai Lama.
Enjoy this very real and unexpected glimpse into the man behind the legend, as we explore his rich life, ninja secrets and what he thinks of the blenders..ha!
Stephen is also the Co-Founder of the Blue Lotus Assembly spiritual community along with his wife Rumiko. http://www.stephenkhayes.com
http://www.bluelotusassembly.org
A leadership expert, author, speaker, and consultant. Betsy Myers served as COO to Obama’s 2008 campaign, served as President Clinton’s senior adviser on women’s issues and was the Executive Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where she created a focus around authentic inner leadership. In this conversation, Betsy and I talk about:
- Authentic inner leadership How to create a culture of leaders who keep humanity at the center
- Why so many people feel disengaged at work
- The shifting landscape of corporate culture
- Paving a path for women to lead.
Next up is Angie Cole, Masterful Coach and Creator of Untaming the Wild, the place for gritty, come hell and high-water humans, determined to create work that keeps them lit up and well paid Angie is on my speeddial list of folks I turn to first when life gets messy.
She is insightful, compassionate and a fierce advocate for the life you get to create. We talk about living nomadically, simplifying our lives, trusting ourselves more and about her remarkable feat of whittling down her stuff to only what she could fit into a carry on. Learn to let go in this powerful conversation.
MORE ABOUT ANGIE
Angie Cole is a force of nature -- soft and subtle, fierce and unstoppable. She is a coach and mentor for Responsible Renegades and Rebellious Rule-Followers. Her clients and students would tell you she’s one part genius, one part priestess, and 100% truth-teller. Blending a strategic and intuitive approach, Angie’s work inhabits the places where life and work intersect.
She can help you crunch the numbers while uncovering how your daddy issues are holding you back. Her emerging body of work centers around reorienting our relationship to Money, Value and Worthiness.
Angie was a coach before it was the cool thing to sell online, and was raised by mentors and elders who taught her to stay true to the craft. Angie has now wandered her way to thriving as a business owner, guided by her own intuition and no one else’s 6-step-plan.
Today, Angie can be found at the foot of Mount Olympus or exploring the streets of Lisbon. As a fully nomadic spirit, she is at home in the unknown and unpredictable. This makes her the perfect co-pilot for those with wild ambition and the audacity to do things differently.
Her background includes contribution to, and the creation of, an impressive list of innovative, sustainable projects, across a variety of sectors (non-profits, businesses, community organizations, etc).
She’s reinvented herself over and over again, and brings the breadth of this experience to her work as a coach, mentor and guide. You can learn more about Angie Cole and her work at www.UntamingtheWild.com. She also shares wise and witty commentary via her Instagram feed and Medium page.
A Former Harvard Lawyer turned visionary, coach and author of multiple books including Thriving Through Uncertainty, Tama is a force of inspiration!
Listen in to this high energy conversation as we discuss the courage it takes to choose love over fear, how we can learn to trust ourselves more and and the beautiful possibilities that await us on the other side of our comfort zone... if we are willing to fumble forward.
ABOUT TAMA
Tama Kieves is an honors’ graduate of Harvard Law School who left her law practice to write and help others create their most extraordinary lives. She is the bestselling author of numerous books and her latest is Thriving Through Uncertainty.
Featured in USA Today and on Oprah radio, she is a sought-after speaker and visionary career and success mindset coach, who has helped thousands world-wide to discover and thrive in the life, calling and businesses of their dreams. Visit her website www.TamaKieves.com to sign up for her popular newsletter and free inspired coaching videos to help you create the work and life you love.
SHE IS AMAZING!
Wild Wisdom Wake-Up: on TRUST
Come join bestselling author and USA Today featured visionary catalyst Tama Kieves for a FREE experiential webinar on TRUST. Sign up at www.TamaKieves.com/trust. This inspired program will guide you to make the most impeccable, uncanny choices of your lifetime. It’s an experiential deep dive into TRUST:
- Trusting the Universe or Brilliant Life Force in your life
- Trusting yourself to make impeccable, uncanny choices
- Trusting others and choosing from love instead of fear And whatever comes up… You were born for these times. And your wild wisdom knows exactly what to do.
www.tamakieves.com/trust
My second guest is Jeffrey Davis, the founder of Tracking Wonder, a consultancy for mission centered thought leaders, organizations, and authors. He is a poet, mindfulness expert and has written 7 books including his latest, “Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity.
Join us as we explore what it really means to be present to the moment you are in, how to reconnect to your birthright of wonder and how a devastating house fire became a metaphor for change.
P.S. I would absolutely love to hear about your experience during the interviews. Hit reply and let me know what your biggest ah ha moments and takeaways are!
MORE ABOUT JEFFREY
Papa to two girls and Chief Wonder Tracker, Jeffrey works with and researches innovators, social psychologists, writers, and leaders to discover how people flourish in times of rampant challenge and change.
His next book Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity (forthcoming from Sounds True, November 2021), is the first book to uncover how you can foster six facets of wonder and activate your young genius - your innate force of character that can guide you toward your most meaningful work in the world.
Through his community, company, and podcast Tracking Wonder, he works with mindful change-makers and organizations to advance their best ideas for a better world - with wonder as the agent. He has presented at conferences, universities, and organizations throughout North America and beyond. He is author of three other books and is a regular contributor to Psychology Today online. He lives in the Hudson Valley with his two young daughters and wife Hillary.
GIFT TO LISTENERS FROM JEFFREY --- ! 5 Ways Handbook
This is an unexpectedly emotional conversation with one of my all time favorite authors and mentors, Gay Hendricks.
A legend in the personal development and conscious relationship space, his work has helped me, and millions of others, for over 20 years.
I open this one up humbly, in teary gratitude then we quickly get into his zone of genius and he shares helpful insights into how we can allow for more joy, use our breath to ease our anxiety and move past our limiting beliefs and feel amazing!
Listen as I turn the hosting tables on my dear friend and ask him about how we discover what sparks us, what drains us, where we stumble and come alive, so we can reclaim a sense of direction, control, and purpose.
We explore his life as maker of things that move people the power of creativity to guide us to self discovery.
Jonathan also shares his deep curiosity to better understand our own unique imprints for work that makes us come alive, fills us with meaning, joy, purpose, and possibility so we can spend the rest of our lives doing it”
MORE ABOUT JONATHAN
Jonathan Fields is on a mission to inspire possibility. A New York City dad and husband, he founded the media and education venture Good Life Project(R), where he and his team lead a global community in the quest to live more meaningful, connected, and vital lives; produce a top-rated podcast with millions of downloads; and offer a growing catalog of events, trainings, and courses.
800-CEO-READ named his last book, Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance, the #1 personal development book of the year. You can visit him online at www.goodlifeproject.com.