My Awakened Life: Recent Episodes
Johanna Farrimond
I teach how to move out of your linear mind whenever you need to. You'll find content to help you understand yourself, grow your own energy for healing, adopt habits that serve you and release you from unnecessary suffering of mind.
I survived the suicide of a loved one. My grief led to ego-transcendence, which is exactly what I needed to love and see my true self for the first time without judgment. It totally transformed me. ❤️
This experience showed me a path to healing. That was almost 15 years ago. Today, I live a simple life in Portugal with a purpose to love and heal others.
Enjoy these positive affirmations for weight loss.
I also recommend these affirmation videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqRssHNIR5stCCuEjm77Eh8RKiOuvwmY1
You might ask, "How can I fall asleep faster at night?" This is guided imagery to help you fall asleep and sleep well at night. It uses your mind, body, and spirit to help you sleep. The music designed for this video is gentle. Try to listen to this in bed just before you're ready to fall asleep. See if you can take this time to invite your imagination to help you sleep well by gently engaging yourself in this safe and easy process. All you have to do is relax, and let yourself listen. If you find your mind wandering, that's okay. You can gently guide it back to the sound of my voice. Trust that the guided imagery will work even when your mind wanders.
I walk you through steps for how to get over your fear of conflict, including a HACK that will allow you to stay calm during the conversation. I include an easy way to remember the conflict resolution steps. Finally, I explain why you're putting yourself in danger by avoiding conflict and what steps you can take to eliminate the fear of confrontation completely.
The conflict I'm talking about here isn't expressing simple disagreements or unpopular opinions here. I'm talking about how to resolve conflict that's associated with your anger, impatience, bitterness, or resentment towards the other person.
If you have difficulty staying calm under conflict, I recommend this video, which has some tips for changing negative energy into positive energy - youtu.be/FbFy6R1JJ2U If you seem to have conflict with practically everyone around you and when you assess the conflict, it doesn't seem like a big deal, I recommend the following two videos: 1) Learning how to be an attached observer, so that you aren't so identified with ego responses - youtu.be/sswMI5ZRXLM2) Learning about your Overreactions - youtu.be/TIPJPUSF7u0
Did you know that the decisions we make are subconsciously motivated? If you're not sure of yourself, how might this affect the situations you find yourself in? Here's your chance to do something about it. These self-confidence affirmations are positive statements written in a way that can be accepted by your linear mind. They use original background music written to sync with the rhythm of your heart.
Use these positive affirmations to reprogram your mind for self-confidence and anxiety relief. I wrote these to help you loosen false beliefs, strengthen trust in yourself, overcome anxiety, and I also included what different personality types need to hear for love and acceptance of self.
Listen to them when you first wake up, before, during, or after taking a nap, or as you fall asleep at night. You don't need to be awake for them to work. Use them any time you feel like you need them. Try to listen more often when you start and then on an as-needed basis for maintenance. You can also try holding your hands together in a unique position (For example, loosely hold your left pinky finger between your right thumb and right index finger) when you listen and if you need to recall confidence any time during the day, you can signal this to the body by placing your hands in the same position as when you usually listen to these affirmations.
Affirmation Videos
How to Make Affirmations Work Better for You. youtu.be/oQdWJdufG8Y
Affirmations for Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit. youtu.be/81c6LfUQ_P4
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I describe the difference between ego and true self according to what it was like for me to experience what ego death feels like and the differences I observed between Ego vs Self. At the end of this video, I'll give you some advice to help you start making the ego self serve your true self instead of allowing it to be your master.
A self-observation practice can show you how to heal yourself in your everyday life. This self-observation practice walks you through steps that you can take before, during, and after any routine activity or interaction with others. This contemplative practice increases awareness of the many different aims of the ego-self, allowing you to not be so attached to the self-image you've created, and over time it will allow you to integrate this ego-self to act more as a servant to your true self, resulting in a more purposeful and peaceful life.
I share why we all procrastinate, the role of the linear mind and emotional centers in procrastination, how to prepare yourself to make a start, and finally, a technique that will help you move past the habit of procrastination.
In Part 2 of this series, I cover 5 more areas of anxiety triggers due to working from home to help you alleviate working from home stress. I show you how to deal with the stress of working from home by setting boundaries for your needs, dealing with passive-aggressive people at work, criticism at work, feeling lonely while WFH, and the issue with fear-based motivation. These tips will help you cultivate a peaceful mindset at work or any time you need to. Below are the topics in Part Two of this series covering tips for working from home stress in 2021.
- Setting Boundaries for Your Needs
- Dealing with Passive-Aggressive Personalities at Work
- Dealing with Criticism at Work
- Feeling Lonely While WFH
- Fear-based Motivation
Isn't your job stressful enough? WFH can trigger more anxiety. Are you ready to transform your anxiety? In part one of this series, I cover 5 different areas of anxiety triggers due to working from home. I provide tips for how to cope with these common anxiety triggers from my experience working from home either part or full-time for 15 years. I'll show you how to deal with the stress of working from home by reframing your physical response to anxiety, cultivating a peaceful mindset at work when you need to, preparing and dealing with stressful events at work, dealing with uncertainty at work, and feeling powerless or a loss of control regarding your job.
I walk you through the steps to stop negative energy from affecting you. I show you 3 different approaches with 3 specific examples of how to move away from the mind to grow heart energy. I explain how to protect yourself from absorbing negative energy. If you're asking, "As an empath how do I protect myself?", these are all successful ways I protect myself as an empath. If you're not an empath, these energy protection techniques will still show you how to protect yourself from negative energy at work and home.
I talk you through steps for how to heal yourself from being overly sensitive to experiencing shame feelings. I'm also going to talk about how you may have developed this sensitivity, as well as three different types of shame with personal examples. Finally, I'll give you some steps that you can take to eliminate these feelings on your own WITHOUT having to write about them, talk to someone about them, or use positive thinking.
- Shame versus Guilt
- Subconscious Mind - Where Emotional and Behavioral Reactions Live
- Why You Feel Shame Unnecessarily
- Shame Feeling Learned in Childhood
- 3 Types of Shame Using my Real-Life Examples from a Narcissistic Parent
- Motivation Behind Character Shaming
- Steps to Heal Shame Without Talking, Journaling, or Positive Thinking
In this episode, I provide 10 different scenarios for destructive criticism that will help you understand potential reasons and motivations behind the criticisms to help you not take them personally. I also provide several examples of how you can choose to respond.
As you become more self-aware, you will notice several "mini-egos" that get triggered without your will. I talk about their characteristics, the role of the left-brain in its enforcement of these, and the effects of the attention on these mini-egos during Self-Observation.
Also, for further reading on the Left-brain, I recommend No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism by Chris Niebauer, PhD.
https://www.amazon.com/No-Self-Problem-Neuropsychology-Catching/dp/1938289978/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1609680378&sr=8-2-fkmr3
I talk about what it is you should be observing in yourself - especially those parts you don't want to see...
In this episode I talk about the qualities of attention for self-observation and characteristics of the left-brain that you will understand when you observe yourself.
Also, for further reading on the Left-brain, I recommend No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism by Chris Niebauer, PhD.
https://www.amazon.com/No-Self-Problem-Neuropsychology-Catching/dp/1938289978/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1609680378&sr=8-2-fkmr3
I discuss the most important skill that you'll need to start a self-observation practice which led to my own awakening. I only include those aspects which supported my own personal experience. I do this so that you too can awaken to your true self.
This is the story of my own spiritual awakening and what I believe is fundamental to your own soul's awakening. I'm really excited for you to listen to this episode and discover what I truly think is the key to start or continue your spiritual journey!
This is a short story about an insight I had while waiting in line at the grocery store.
Do you have any techniques that have helped you get over your anger quickly? I do. I'm sharing 4 personal stories along with what I did to get past my resentment with you in this episode so that I can help you live a freer, more awakened life!
In this episode, I describe a method that helped me become less critical toward myself and others.
In this episode, I tell you about a painful childhood memory and exactly what happened much later in my life that helped me resolve it once and for all. I hope you can learn from my story and do the same.
The soul is the essence of who we are. It is selfless and without any attention and nourishment, it will leave you feeling unsettled no matter how many material things you acquire. Each one of us has a purpose that is beyond worldly pursuits. It is one that is unique to you and as selfless as your soul. I had a spiritual awakening many years ago and now I'm sharing everything that I've learned to help you live a freer, more fulfilled life.