Is it possible.. that many of our problems could be solved and doors of opportunity could open up if we just --- got out of our heads, into our bodies, and .. hit the swing-set? danced it out? allowed ourselves to BE fully in the sweet joys of life more often?

The most profound lessons that lead to a fulfilling life are usually what we knew from our youngest ages.

Let's talk about it.

CHAPTERS:

0:00-6:57 - The Importance of Play, Fun, & Reprograming The Little Voice in Our Head

6:57: Learning to Be in Our Bodies: Improv + Self-Expression

14:56: A Course in Joyful Living: The Artist’s Way - The Book that Changed my Life

20:54: Following Your Impulses

23:05: We have Free Will!! (& An ANNOUNCEMENT on How I'm Using Mine!!!!)

27:54: Life is Made up of Little Moments, What Luxury ACTUALLY is

29:48: ENERGY IS CURRENCY.

34:46: What About When "Having Fun" Is Impossible?

36:31: HAVE YOU LAUGHED TODAY?

Inspirations & Resources:

@greenadyofbrooklyn

The Artists Way

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40 - Wake Up! Your Life is Meant to Be Lived!

This episode is for those who have felt, at any point, like they are "too much."

To dim the beautiful bright light in your being to be palatable and digestible for others is an indiscretion to your soul.

We must resist the urge to give into cynicism and nihilism and embrace that life CAN be beautiful, love IS that good, and that we ARE meant to live in joy and trust that flow will guide us.

During this episode, we go on a journey of understanding where cynicism and projection comes from, why we prioritize people pleasing over our own personal power, and what happens when we decide to live rooted in ourselves and connected to our joy.

Life is too short to not believe that it can also be sweet.

We talk:

0:00 - 5:09 - The Psychology of Cynicism + Projection

5:15 - 9:08 - The Negative Impacts of Dimming Your Light

9:08 - 13:01 - Why Animals + Children are Magnets for Attention & Joy

13:01 - 16:00 - The "OF COURSE THEY ARE!" Mindset

16:00 - 19:58 - Letting Yourself Be Seen: Remaining Open to Love vs Toxic Positivity

19:58 - Reprogramming your Mind & Affirmations for Inner/Outer Harmony

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38 - Unlocking Our Hearts Potential & Clearing Energetic Blocks

"You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body - love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -

over and over announcing your place in the family of things."

'Wild Geese', by Mary Oliver

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CHAPTERS:

(00:00) - Cleaning Out the Closet + Creating Space

(06:59) - The Self is a Construct & Identity is a Prison

(9:05) - The Art & The Power of Letting Go

(14:30) - You Can't Heal What You Don't Feel

(23:05) - Techniques for Embracing the Wisdom + Natural Intelligence of Our Body

(27:42) - Surrendering to Flow + Allowing Blessings In

(32:56) - The Unseen

(40:05) - Reigniting Child-Like Wonder + Embracing New Life

(Links to Resources mentioned in this episode + book titles down below <3)

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Sarah Blandin Activating Freedom Meditation

Healing is Not My Purpose

Readings from:

“The Creative Act” by Rick Rubin

"Dream Work" Poem Book by Mary Oliver

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