Inspirasian: Recent Episodes
Sian McKeever
Welcome to the audible world of artist, spirituality, mindset and social media coach Sian McKeever. Listen in to Sian’s streams of consciousness diaries weekly. Expect a blend of “wow spitting facts” and “that didn’t make sense” moments. Keeping it 100. Instagram: @siannaayWebsite: sianmckeever.podia.comIllustration: sianmckeeverdesign.com
In classic InspiraSian fashion, take a dive into Sian’s stream of consciousness in this episode, after 3 weeks of deep reflection and and healing. If you’re feeling stuck, overly identified with your mental illness/ sickness / trauma, Sian’s story of taking her power back from having cystic acne / narcissistic figure in her life will inspire you to redefine who you are and what your life can be like. You deserve freedom from the mind and the body. You deserve to be happy.
I can’t believe Jannik agreed to do this with me!!! So excited to share with you all our very first episode (and my first guest!) where we dive deep into your most hard hitting questions on love and dating, how to navigate feeling lonely post breakup, whether we HAVE to love ourselves before we get into a relationship, and why it’s so important to have clear standards when you go into your first date.
Alcohol lowers your vibration. You don’t need to be an alcoholic to be negatively affected by alcohol. Mentally, physically and spiritually, alcohol can hurt your soul. I knew this for years but kept making excuses as to why I couldn’t quit (it’s not fun / i love drinking with my friends / I don’t drink THAT much) until one day I decided to quit cold turkey and haven’t looked back. Could this be the year you go sober for good too?
Unpopular opinion, I don’t think everyone should be an influencer. Nor do I think everyone can. For good reason - not everyone has the right foundations within themselves to have their souls bared to hundreds of thousands of people daily. I’ve been on this journey and I’m just getting started! I have learned so much along the way and everything has only made me not only a better person but a better creator.
I get asked this question ALL the time: “how did you meet your boyfriend?” Well I’m finally going to share the story leading up to how I met him on the 3rd day that I arrived in Bali last year. There were so many synchronicities leading up to our meeting, but there was also a lot of work done on my part a year prior. Manifestation goes beyond the wishing and dreaming. It’s in the action too.
In the age of overstimulation, overconsumption and overwhelm from absorbing far too much information from social media / the internet… we’ve lost our ability to think critically for ourselves. Society has become paralyzed by too many options, opinions, and ideas. Addicted to the idea of learning more and more that we lose sight of what really matters to us. The human experience IRL.
We can get so stuck in our ways that we don’t even realise how we’re shrinking ourselves over time… playing small, doubting ourselves, making excuses. Here is an episode to jolt you into action with some uncomfortable truths that helped me get out of what felt like a very dragged out rut.
Am I a bad person for not giving a f about my career? Am I selfish for wanting to live out my days on a beach and not hustling to create generational wealth? In this day and age of modern day capitalist consumption… have we completely abandoned our natural human instincts and interests of community, creation and flow? Our generation is burnt out and uninspired. Here are my thoughts on why..
Getting plastic surgery and filler is so normalized that nowadays it’s become rare to meet someone who HASN’T had any work done. As someone who has suffered with body dysmorphia, I’ve been tempted to change my face to feel more beautiful, but resisted it in the name of learning to love myself wholly without external fixes. It’s a constant battle in an age where photoshop, editing apps and lack of transparency is rife on and offline. What are your thoughts?
Reflections on the past 12 months - exactly a year ago I decided to walk away from a 3 year long term relationship, the home I thought I was building and a career / income stream I was reliant on… all in the name of pursuing my heart’s calling to something MORE. It felt like everything I knew had collapsed around me and I had no way of knowing how to move forward. I just kept the faith that life had to be planning something better for me beyond the collapse. All in divine timing, all in divine plan.
So update! I’m in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam visiting my dad for a month. After 2 hectic months of London life, I’ve been gifted this opportunity to slow down, recalibrate and reflect on some hard truths about myself. One of those being that I am not actually very good at being neutral when it comes to my triggers. My automatic response is to either react in an extreme high or an extreme low and it’s been causing a lot of stress on my nervous system. I never felt safe existing in the neutral - my core belief growing up was that life is either fucking amazing or fucking awful. No in-between. It’s just not true though. And I’m learning more than ever now that the neutral space is healing and necessary.
Send this episode to a broken hearted friend who needs to hear this too 🤍 I wrote this letter to myself in November last year after a painful breakup. Reading it back today I am able to see just how much has changed since then, my life is completely unrecognizable in the best way. No matter how difficult it was at the time, choosing to honor myself and my truth was the ONLY option. I hope it touches your heart today, and gives you the strength to carry on. I love you!
This was meant to be my triumphant return to the podcast. But instead I’m in a funk that I can’t seem to get out of yet. Oh the art of duality. I was feeling on top of the world the other day, and this week came around and knocked me down hard. Here is a totally unfiltered stream of consciousness on my frustrations with my acne, feeling like I’m not good enough, normalizing the other side of the high vibe optimistic persona, and realising that this is a inevitable experience. Especially as a woman.
Let’s talk about the commercialism of the self help and spirituality industry right now. And how they will try make you feel like you NEED things outside of yourself to become more awakened. That without your crystals, your tarot cards, your yoga, your books, that you are not enough. That you are not able to reach your highest self without it. But my love, the truth is, you were born a child of God, already fully equipped to access your gifts.
Are you energetically holding on to people who no longer need to be in your sphere? Are you waiting for an apology that will never come? You might not like this but.... the responsibility to close a chapter is on you. Not them. Your freedom is waiting on the other side of your decision to let go once and for all. What are you waiting for?
In a world that tries so hard to make you feel like you’re falling behind if you’re not doing doing doing, learning how to to do nothing is a powerful act of rebellion in returning to yourself. The performance of “doing” disconnects us from the beauty of life. Especially for those of us living in cities that glorify speed, hustle and excess. Can we learn to be happy with just enough? Can we love ourselves when we are in stillness?
A stream of consciousness on our perceptions of “work” in 2022. Does work have to be a struggle? Can work feel in flow and effortless? In an era where there are so many types of work available to you, what’s holding you back from turning your skills and talents into something that pays you, to be you?
In November 2021, I packed up my belongings, put it in storage and officially became a nomad. And already I’ve been on planes trains and automobiles in Mexico, London, Ireland and Cyprus - Exploring the depths of myself on the way. But despite it looking like I’ve been “living my best life” on the gram, I wanted to keep it real (duh) about the highs and lows that come with traveling on your own. Here’s the real tea.
TW: eating disorders. I went to the gym today for the first time in 8 months and it made me think about the times I used to be absolutely obsessed with the health & fitness world. I thought it would be a good time to talk about my past as a fitness influencer, how and why I started and stopped, and the mental and physical problems I experienced during this phase of my life. Wild times. But grateful I’m on the other side of it.
After my impromptu 1 month hiatus I’m back with a new episode, an update on where I am in the world and what happened to my mind body and soul when I decided to accept I was burnt OUT.
I turned 25 on the 22nd April. Shook. Here are some life lessons that have totally transformed the way I live my life. From learning how to stand up for myself, to recognizing that being spiritual doesn’t make you “better than anyone else”… my ego has died a 1000 deaths.
Recently I went through a situation with someone that really hurt my heart. I realised through this relationship that there were so many things that were simply not up to par with my standards. And I was making too many excuses for them. To walk away was a difficult thing to do - but I knew it was the right thing to do. This act of self care meant that I set a boundary around being taking advantage of. 2022 is the year we know our worth. We deserve better than to feel less than in the presence of someone who claims to care about you. You feel?
If you’re living for everyone, you’re living for no one. Being a comfortable version of yourself just so that people won’t have a problem with you is a disservice to your authentic self. People are gonna hate you either way. You can be the most authentic version of you, or the fakest version of you… and they’ll find something to not like. So wouldn’t you rather just be you?
Happy International Women’s day! Many of us carry wounds surrounding our feminine relationships… perhaps stemming from a controlling mother, a backstabbing best friend or a bully in high school, that instill this fear in our hearts that lead us to judge and separate ourselves from sisterhood. But community is essential to the divine feminine experience. And I had totally forgotten about it till now. Last week I had the most unexpected healing experience staying at the all women’s hostel My Sister’s House in Sayulita, Mexico. It revealed to me just how much I had previously deprived myself of sisterhood whilst living in London. And just how powerful connecting with other divine feminine women impacted my creativity, confidence and happiness. Our love for our sisters heals the world.
After 2 years of enforced isolation… it took me a hot min (and traveling across the world to a new country on my own) to get back to a place where I felt comfortable, excited and energised being sociable. I got so used to spending time alone that I was so reluctant to open up again! But my question is… how much time alone is too much? We’re social beings after all. Isn’t that how we learn from one another? Isn’t that how we become inspired? In today’s episode we explore how to find a happy medium between finding time to sit with yourself and your own mind body and soul, and integrating with the world around you.
You can’t connect deeply with the people around you if you have not first connected deeply with yourself. You are the key holder to intimacy, love and authentic relationships in your life. How far are you willing to go in the name of genuine connection?
Let’s challenge the idea that just because you have the money, doesn’t mean you should spend it. And just because you have the freedom, doesn’t mean you should abuse it. Where do we draw the line when it comes to materialism, money and potential and our human birth right to explore, create and express?
Ooooft, the rejection wound cuts deeeep. For many of us it starts in our childhood. Lets unpack how this belief that rejection is a bad thing bleeds into one’s and love life. And to turn it into something that not only can serves you but transform the way you see the world and the opportunities it presents!
Being in an employee isn’t something to shame someone over. There has definitely been an increase in judgement over those who are not on the path to self employment / entrepreneurship and I wanted to take a second to TALK ABOUT IT. Because I wouldn’t be where I am today without my 9-5 job experiences… they helped form who I am. Besides, your work doesn’t define you or them. It’s an extension of who you are, not WHO you are. Ya know?
Rediscovering the things that light me up from the inside came from making one decision: to surrender all my ideas of what I think my life should look like, and come back home to my love, desire and passions. It’s a full body yes or a full body no from me bro.
I packed up my flat, put my stuff in storage and booked a flight to Mexico. Now I’m solo traveling as I navigate a new culture, new language and new way of being that forces me out of my controlled environments. It’s about fking time I started living the way I always secretly wanted to.
You’re not too old, you’re not too young. You’re right on time! After watching the Harry Potter reunion, Elvis Presley and David Bowie documentary, it occurred to me that each one of my inspirations has endured tireless rejections and setbacks on the road to creating massive influence and impact on the world. It got me thinking… in a society that obsesses over early achievement, why do we feel pressured to HAVE everything we’re striving towards so quickly when the timeline to success is a made up construct. Ya know?
Left on read. Messages delivered. Seen. But from the big guy in the sky. How do we remain in faith that we are being divinely guided when we feel that our wants and needs are being unheard?
How much of what you desire is truly what you want? And how much of it is what you THINK you should want? In today’s episode we explore authentic desires, and how to know when something is a full body yes vs. a full body no. This is the year we stop forcing and manipulating our realities from a place of inauthenticity and scarcity. Our higher selves know that what is for us will not miss us. Question is - do you?
Can you be successful without a morning routine? Can you love yourself even when you commit to a practice and don’t follow through? Let’s explore the idea of structure and flow… does having a routine help you as a person flourish? Or does it take away from the spontaneity and excitement of life?
I’ve started a podcast! It’s been a long time coming and I’ve finally felt the call to do it. Mainly because of some major shifts that have happened in my life recently, I’ve suddenly got a lot of things to say. And as always I know that by sharing my truth, we can collectively feel closer to one another by shattering the illusion that we’ve got it alllll figured out. Trust me, we don’t. And that’s the point. Life isn’t meant to be lived like a road map. I’ve had to really break my own rules once again and embrace my multifaceted nature.