Don’t beat yourself up if you need a long break.
It’s good to take a whole mental health day to reset (maybe a few).
Stepping away provides a perspective we wouldn’t get if we were always on the go.
Those moments of stillness bring us the clarity we need.
They bring balance back to our lives.
They reenergize us and help us move forward again.
It’s a practice we should institute often.
Where do we find peace?
Is it in the early mornings before the world wakes up?
Is it when we can find any quiet place?
Is it on a walk around the block?
Is it in deep conversations?
Peace means stillness. It means serenity. It means our minds feel balanced and free.
When we become frustrated we must stop and ask ourselves how we got here.
How have we given this time to everyone else and not ourselves?
Our lives can be very chaotic and we must find these pockets of peace.
We need that time. It’s precious. It balances us.
We schedule out many other seemingly insignificant tasks and meetings, surely we can put something on the calendar for our mental health?
Call it our “Personal Peace Practice” if we must and plan time every day.
It’s mandatory. It can’t be missed.
Soon it’ll start to be the one we look forward to over all others.
EPISODE 184: Esteemed Wealth Advisor // Leader in the Self-Mastery Movement
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Episode 184 features Ken Kladouris is an esteemed wealth advisor and author of Get There!: Chart Your Course to Financial Abundance and Live the Life You Desire.
Find Ken Online:
Website: KenKladouris.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-kladouris-mba-cdfa%C2%AE-42612b6/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenkladouris/
About Ken:
Ken Kladouris is an esteemed wealth advisor and author of Get There!: Chart Your Course to Financial Abundance and Live the Life You Desire. Ken believes life should be lived, by design. Charting his own course in the wealth management industry, Ken earned the respect of his peers and the trust of his clientele. Most recently, he developed an online course entitled “Stillness to Success” which provides a valuable resource for individuals who are ready to create real change in their lives.
Ken compiled this course with practical and impactful lessons he extracted from years of his own self-study with a spin that is fresh and relevant to the 2021 world we are all experiencing. The online course includes a series of lessons that are broken out into consecutive modules – each of which begins with a breathing exercise to help individuals become present before they embark on their curriculum.
Those who participate in the course can expect to complete it feeling more empowered and better equipped to navigate their personal and professional day-to-day decision-making.
Outside of the office, Ken’s love of the ocean led him to pursue sailing. It is there that he also found his passion to give back to the community. In his spare time, he can be found with friends and loved ones aboard a powerboat, sailboat, or at community events.
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Lonely and Alone. These are two completely different things yet they often get confused with one another.
Lonely can be a state of depression and can come about when we need others to make us feel complete and validate our worth. We can get depressed if we feel we are not being included and often will conjure up unjustified ideas of why or how we are being mistreated by being left out.
Being alone can be serene. It can be a time we use to break away from the noise and look inward. Where we reflect on the present moment and level set. Where we practice self-love and put ourselves top of minds over others.
The bridge getting us from being lonely to loving being alone is paved with a lot of heartaches. There are a lot of self-limiting beliefs and childhood ideals that we often have to acknowledge and overcome. If we are willing to do the work of self-reflection we’ll find we get to a place where we are comfortable being alone and start to seek these moments out more frequently.
They become happy places for us where they used to cause pain.
They become our getaway from a noisy and frantic world.
They become an island we want to visit more often.
EPISODE 170: Founder of Udo Oils & Award-Winning Author
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Episode 170 features Udo Erasmus, a pioneer of the health and wellness industry having created FLAXSEED OIL and the Healthy Oils/Fats Movement.
For our listeners, Udo is giving away a free digital download of his book, Total Sexy Health, along with a free mini video course – Get it here – https://udoerasmus.com/justgetstarted
Find Udo Online:
Website: www.theudo.com and www.udoschoice.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/udoerasmus/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theudoerasmus/
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/udo–
About Udo:
The legendary Udo Erasmus is a pioneer of the health and wellness industry having created FLAXSEED OIL and the Healthy Oils/Fats Movement. He is also the co-founder of the UDO’S CHOICE supplement brand, a global leader in cutting-edge health products, selling tens of millions of bottles of healthy oils, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. Erasmus invented the methodology and machinery that created the healthy fats/oils industry.
Udo is an accomplished author of multiple books including Fats that Heal Fats that Kill that has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide. He has extensive education in Biochemistry and Biology, a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology, and has impacted over 5,000,000+ lives by passionately conducting 5,000+ live presentations, 3,000+ media interviews, 1,500 staff training, and traveled to 40+ countries with his message on how to achieve perfect health. Udo is a speaker at Tony Robbins events (on oils) and Deepak Chopra’s (on peace,) and has lectured at conferences on five continents.
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What does tomorrow look like?
What opportunities or obstacles will present themselves?
How will we react to these situations?
These are all great questions but also unnecessary at the same time. Because we have no idea. We can assume what might happen but tomorrow is unknown.
If that is true then worrying becomes meaningless. If we don’t know then why do we put so much pressure on our emotions to fantasize about the good and bad of it all?
We could argue that the present moment, the one you are in right now, is the most valuable and the one that is ripe for the most change.
Instead of spending energy on the unknown stressors of life put the focus on the present moments and work toward improving those. Incrementally, the future will most likely be a brighter one.
And if it’s not, we’ve at least put in the practice to handle it when it comes.
We are all bombarded by constant distractions from the moment we awake. Emails, texts, Social media, music, podcasts, TV, etc. It controls us from the onset and never lets up.
Some of it is useful but most of it becomes drawn out and overdone. These distractions have slowly crept more and more into our lives and it’s only getting worse.
If we know these distractions are inevitable then it might be wise to block deliberate time out each day to find silence. Because when we find silence we start to find ourselves.
Silence can be weird, I know. It’s uncomfortable. Sitting with your thoughts and your thoughts alone. It’s almost become unnatural when it might be the best thing we can do for ourselves.
The mind can quiet and relax. The mind can focus.
When the outside world is shut off it allows our inner voice to finally speak up and share what we truly think. If we listen closely and respect the voice inside us then it has the power to open up new doors we haven’t considered before. It might be as simple as an idea to pursue or a thought to hold onto as we go through the day. It might point out some areas we should look to improve or be cheering us on to keep going. It doesn’t matter what it says because it’s all purely honest and authentic.
Each of our voices is unique but the only way we get to hear its true words is to quiet everything around us.
Sit on the floor and close your eyes, go for a walk in the woods, relax on your back porch. It doesn’t matter how you do it. Find what works for you.
It also doesn’t have to be for hours. Start with a minute. Progress to 5. Maybe someday get to 10, 20, or 30 minutes.
If we make a small commitment to taking back ownership of our time and use that to eliminate the distractions then we might start to enjoy the silence.
It becomes positive fuel for a happy and healthy life.
EPISODE 156: CEO & Founder of Liberate
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Episode 156 features Liv Bowser, CEO & Founder of Liberate. A Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher, she ties together her deep knowledge of mind-body connection with her business acumen to drive Liberate growth at every level.
Find Liv Online:
Website: https://www.liberatestudio.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liberatestudio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberatestudio/
About Liv:
Liv has a background in indoor cycling and “better for you” start-ups. She began her career as employee #1 at a promising CPG start-up and spent the next 5 years working as a brand and digital marketer alongside the C Team of high-revenue start-ups. A Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher, she ties together her deep knowledge of mind-body connection with her business acumen to drive Liberate growth at every level.
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EPISODE 115: Vitality Coach | Author
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Episode 115 welcomes in Vitality Coach and Author, Chana Mason, to share more about her journey and how she is helping people overcome their mental blocks to move forward and live a more happy and fulfilling life.
Find Chana Online:
Website: https://chanamason.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chanamasoncoaching/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanamasonvitalitycoach/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShiratDevorahSem
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ChanaMasonGuide/
About Chana:
After a long journey of healing from physical and emotional trauma, I’ve dedicated my efforts to helping others not just heal, but thrive. As a Vitality Coach, I guide others to clarify an exciting vision for their lives, shift the beliefs getting in their way, creating a plan of action for manifesting their dreams, and learn the tools to get there. I offer one-on-one coaching, workshops, and retreats both in English and Spanish in Israel and the Americas. Through yoga, meditation, dance, laughter, and practical hands-on lessons, I help clients and event participants be honest about their beliefs and actions, take the courage to be vulnerable, connect more deeply to themselves and others, and ignite massive transformation in their lives!
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