Episodes
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It’s been almost a year since I’ve released an episode and since then we’ve moved across the country, bought and renovated a house (well, it’s still in progress!), birthed a baby, and welcomed another furry member to our family. I also released my first spoken word song.
I’ve been hearing very strong inner guidance whispers to come back to the podcast. On the earthly plane, I’ve also experienced incredible synchronistic meetings and conversations that have pointed to the same thing… “get back to the mic!” I share some of these stories in this episode.
So I’m following the guidance.
In this comeback episode, let’s catch up on life: I share the most memorable bits of my journey from last summer (when we drove across the country to move to the West Coast) to now, as I’m feeling a completion of my postpartum stage and feeling a new way of being, loving and expressing emerging within the expanded constellation of our family.
I share about:
My initiation into receiving
Our weird Airbnb experiences
Our road trip from Austin to Reno
Choosing to show up and share while the collective is in pain
Our annual trip to the Tucson Gem Show with an infant
Trip to Southern California and how our new dog Kobe divinely joined our family
My Divinely guided and supported first big flight with Zion
The sign that gave me the courage to release my song, “Who Me?”
Mentioned:
Who Me? song by Ksenia Brief
SpiderERC – our family Employee Retention Credit business
TaskRabbit – the app we used to find helpers for our move
Under Canvas – upscale, safari-inspired accommodations outdoors
Los Poblanos Historin Inn & Organic Farm and Hacienda Spa
Heart Gardening Podcast
Asher Market
Transportation service I used for our dog Kobe
Rover – the app I use to find dog sitters
Content referenced:
Kauai Babymoon
Moving from Austin to Reno: Part 1 and Part 2
Waking up in Zion National Park
6 places I loved in Albuquerque
Renovation moodboard
Renovation Update
About Employee Retention Credit
My garden
Related episodes:
239. I’m 24 Weeks Pregnant! Lessons from My Pregnancy Journey
197 Reggie Riverbear: Coming Home To Yourself Through Voice, Finding Your Community and Trusting Spirit As A Business Strategy
125 Jasmin Jenkins: Lessons From Ayahuasca Plant Medicine and Alchemizing Grief Into Presence
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Thank you for sharing this sacred space with me.
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In this episode, I share one of the most expansive journeys I’ve ever been on: my path to being 24 weeks pregnant with a healthy baby boy.
After multiple pregnancy losses, there have been so many non-obvious, non-linear initiations and activations that have moved through me to prepare me for this moment. In this solo episode, I share some of them. I have a feeling this will be part one of a series!
We cover:
The layers of initiation we’ve been moving through on this pregnancy journey
How the desire to have children first activated in my body
The role that our wedding choices played in our journey to expanding our family
Being stewards for a New World Soul
Some of the lessons that have revealed so far on this pregnancy journey
Some of the signs that our spirit baby has sent us
The support I’ve had on my journey to a healthy pregnancy: acupuncture, yoga, song medicine, biological dentistry, bodywork
The role that intuition has played on this pregnancy journey
Answering the call to visit the land I connected with as a child
How I am living the concept of a “conscious pregnancy”
Some of the books I’ve found supportive during my pregnancies
How I’ve been choosing what to share on social media and what to keep to myself around pregnancy and loss
Learning to love my body through all the changes happening during pregnancy
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
Related episodes:
237 Honoring The Sacred Creative Pause, Podcast As A Ceremony, Magical Experiences During Recent Travels, Choosing Creation, and Lemurian Crystals
232 Miracles Abound: Recap Of My Healing Journey To Turkey
211 We’ve Moved To Austin! Trusting The Unknown
197 Reggie Riverbear: Coming Home To Yourself Through Voice, Finding Your Community and Trusting Spirit As A Business Strategy
180 Rebecca Naylor: The Universe As A Treasure Map, Learning To Trust The Mystery and Water As A Consciousness Carrier
201 Lion Tracker Boyd Varty: Following The Track Of Your Life and Creative Process In The Digital Age
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Episodes manquant?
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Four years ago musician, writer and podcaster Karina Ivanova was listening to one of my podcast episodes, and planted a seed that she’d like to be a guest one day. But then she heard an inner voice ask: “What would you be excited to tell Ksenia about?”
That’s when she realized that the creations she’s meant to share with me (and with you) haven’t come through yet. So Karina got busy bringing her creative visions to reality, from a music album, to a poetry book, a podcast and a journaling movement in her home country of Kazakhstan.
All while exploring her own spiritual journey through the Akashic Records and other modalities. Today, she shares it all with us, and I couldn’t be more excited about this coming full circle!
We discuss:
Meeting Spirit while staying persent in your body
How to learn another language fluently – Karina’s experience learning english
Karina’s experience growing up with a musician mom
First encounters with Spirit
Karina’s spiritual journey and how opening her Akashic Records changed everything
Karina’s experience with residency at the Watermill Center
Making peace with your inner voice
Pain alchemized into sacred work
Music as an invitation to feel
The creative process of writing a music album
The healing power of journaling and free writing
How to quantum leap through journaling
Changing the trajectory of your life by establishing a communication between your past self and future self
Creating your own mantras
Appreciating the little things
Karina’s upcoming creative projects
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
Mentioned:
How To Read The Akashic Records by Linda Howe
Related episodes:
My TikTok Experiment: 0 to 350K Followers | 5D Video Storytelling Strategy for 2021
52 Ashley Wood: Stop Worrying About What People Think & Surrender To Your Calling
152 Ceremonial Singer-Songwriter Ayla Schafer: Music as a Spiritual Force
197 Reggie Riverbear: Coming Home To Yourself Through Voice, Finding Your Community and Trusting Spirit As A Business Strategy
About Karina Ivanova:
I’m a 26-year-old musician, writer and podcaster from Kazakhstan. currently, I’m creating “jazziam” (www.instagram.com/jazziamwithkarina/) which is a journaling movement, community and podcast, introducing the healing power of writing (jazu literally means two things in Kazakh: to write and to heal) to people. 2 years ago, I released my first music album “metanoia” in English (https://open.spotify.com/album/7DTRqa5W5eWahtx6qpVO7v?si=SvVevKNtS0KnxZJkmA17vw) and a poetry book called “символ отречения от контроля” (symbol of surrendering control), in Russian. It’s a collection of 110 poems-reflections on my spiritual journey activated after a series of events such as residency at the Watermill Center, opening my Akashic Records for the first time and ending my 8.5 year long relationship. I’m interested all things arts and spirituality, conscious living, writing, soulful entrepreneurship and relationships. My sacred work these days is to hold space for people, as individuals and in groups, through writing practices and mantra chanting.
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In this solo update I’m sharing the WHY behind the longest break from podcasting I’ve ever taken, some of the creations that I’m currently bringing into the world, and why allowing the space for Source to move through is an invitation for miracles.
Here are some of the things I share:
- Our experience at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show (and an invitation for you if you’re called to Lemurian Crystals)
- How I plan travel experiences to leave space for Source to guide me
- I’m pregnant! How I’m approaching this pregnancy differently than the previous times
- Fulfilling Eric’s childhood dream of going to the NBA finals
- Releasing industry standards and expectations, and approaching every podcast episode as a sacred ceremony
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
Related episodes:
236 Ksenia and Eric Brief with Michelle Sinnette: Why Spirituality, Taxes & Finances Are The Same Thing | Being A Business Artist | Facing Money Fears | ERC As An Opportunity for Source To Deliver Money
235 5-Step Intuitive Social Media Process for Artists, Creators, Healers, Coaches and Entrepreneurs
87 Eric Brief – All About Crystals
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My mentor Michelle Sinnette and my husband Eric Brief join me in this very special conversation about a soul calling we’ve all said YES to. After a few very internal months away from podcasting (I’m growing a baby in my belly!), I heard clear guidance to jump back in. What we share in this conversation is an answered prayer in many ways, and we go to depths I’ve never gone before on the podcast. Thank you for sharing this sacred space with me.
We discuss:
How did a spiritual mentor end up in a financial services business?
Why spirituality, taxes and finances are the same thing
Living in alignment with Source in all aspects of your life
Moving beyond the labels of “conscious business”
Transcending the need to “make money”
Being a business artist
Building an outstanding business in a low trust industry
How Eric was guided to make SpiderERC a vertically integrated business
Being the invitation and letting go of the outcome
Being present for miracles instead of self-evaluation, over-strategizing and over-thinking
The role that Eric and Ksenia’s partnership and marriage plays in the success of the businesses Eric creates
The importance of feeling grounded from within before moving into action
Your soul being in pure creation without the need to produce and perform
Creating from fear is not creation… it is destruction
Seeing your business as a non-linear being
Moving through energetic blocks around money and stepping into freedom
Ksenia gets real-time coaching on moving past old money stories
We also cover all things ERC:
What is ERC? (Employee Retention Credit) and what opportunity does it offer for you?
Who qualifies for ERC/ERTC?
The Recovery Startup Business Provision
The importance of proper documentation when you file for to get your ERC/ERTC
What sets apart SpiderERC when it comes to choosing a company to file for ERC
Can you file ERC yourself?
Why accounting firms choose SpiderERC to send their clients to file for ERC
All of the global ripples Spider is producing beyond ERC
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
About Michelle Sinnette:
Michelle Sinnette is a seer and a mentor dedicated to catalyzing the leaders of tomorrow. She teaches them to harness their intensity, intelligence, and creativity to first move through the lens of their intuition and then move into aligned action. The result - true life fulfillment and tangible achievement beyond what they or their industry ever thought possible.
Initiated fully into her intuitive gifts through two near-death experiences, Michelle now has an unparalleled ability to navigate into unseen realms for the purpose of activating more vibrant and meaningful living here on Earth. She has deep roots on the Big Island of Hawai'i and today her work takes her around the world. Her professional career has spanned the diverse fields of law enforcement, licensed therapy, neuropsychology, and business consulting. She weaves these realms together through intuitive mentorship and consulting for family empires, entrepreneurs, artists, and C-suite executives. Michelle believes that professional success is no longer the metric; it is aligned success rooted in peace. That is when we will see our full potential realized as a species.
Connect with Michelle Sinnette:
www.legacycacao.com
Instagram @legacycacao
www.spidererc.com
About Eric Brief:
Eric Brief is an entrepreneur, artist and crystal lover.
Connect with Eric Brief:
www.spidererc.com
Instagram @ericbrief
About Ksenia Brief:
Ksenia Love Brief is a storyteller, mentor and artist on a mission to weave a web of remembering through sacred one-on-one sessions, as well as intentional content across various mediums.
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Time stamps [also available on kseniabrief.com]
00:00:42 Intro, summary and a few tips for listening to this episode
00:07:45 Eric and Michelle join Ksenia in conversation
00:07:45 The interview begins here
00:18:00 The why behind creating SpiderERC as a service – what led Eric to ERC (Employee Retention Credit)
00:34:00 Why Michelle joined SpiderERC as an intuitive mentor
00:39:40 Being present for miracles instead of self-evaluation, over-strategizing and over-thinking
00:40:32 Letting go of the outcome and trusting people’s divine timing
00:46:00 The role that Eric and Ksenia’s partnership and marriage has played in the success of SpiderERC and other businesses Eric creates
00:50:11 Creating from fear is not creation… it is destruction. Releasing the fear of “needing to be successful” and shifting into doing what you’re meant to do
00:52:45 Employee Retention Credit from a spiritual perspective: the world is shifting
00:54:00 The complexity of claiming your ERC credit, some examples of businesses who have qualified and received their ERC credit, and who ERC is for
01:04:30 Do you qualify for ERC? How does this whole thing apply to you?
01:06:15 The ERC timeline: how much time is left to apply for this credit
01:10:35 Employee Retention Credit summary: who it’s for, who might qualify, and how to take advantage of this opportunity
01:22:28 Why SpiderERC and not your accountant or another ERC company (Michelle’s perspective)
01:26:00 Why accountants are not typically ERC experts
01:28:35 ERC as a puzzle
01:29:40 Why accounting firms are referring their clients to SpiderERC to claim ERC credits
01:31:20 Moving through energetic blocks around money and stepping into freedom
01:39:51 All of the global ripples Spider is producing beyond ERC
01:42:08 ERC affiliate program and Ksenia’s experience with referring businesses to SpiderERC
01:43:46 Ksenia gets real-time coaching on moving past old money stories
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If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed or just unclear about how to show up on social media – and wondering if you should show up at all – this one’s for you.
In this episode, I will share a 5-step intuitive social media process that is inspired by some of the downloads that have been coming through during my one-on-one energy/social media strategy work with incredible entrepreneurs, artists and healers (shoutout to all the incredible souls that say yes to this courageous, vulnerable work.)
I guess you could say what I do is “shamanic” social media. In essence, I connect the different realms and hold the mirror of possibility for the client’s highest self-expression in this world, using the lens of social media. I continue to be blown away by what comes through in these sessions – it’s way beyond me or anything my brain could have come up with.
I don’t get a chance to work with everyone in an intimate one-on-one way, but I feel that this work is incredibly important, especially at this time. That’s why I’m so excited to share this process and this guidance with you here on the podcast!
Mentioned:
Journal entry that changed my life: Spirit of Content
Related Episodes:
219 Social Media Energy Code For When You Feel Stuck
192 My Approach To Social Media Strategy in 2022 | Reframing “Social Media Growth” and Unleashing The Full Force Of Your Presence
189 Trust The Life Force Without Having To Understand It | #11DaysOfSharing on Social Media
186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World
151 Social Media Energy Download: This Makes All The Difference [Spirit of Content]
146 Conscious Social Media: A 7-Step Guided Journey Into What Really Matters
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Nathan Maingard – podcast host, transformational guide and wordsmith.
This is the first interview under the updated podcast cover art, and that’s intentional: the depths to which we journey in this episode takes the sacred space that is this podcast to a new level!
We discuss:
How a conscious social media Google search brought together Nathan and me What is was like growing up barefoot and naked in a small village in South Africa Choosing to be the healer in your lineage Overcoming the lineage of violence “Trauma travels through the lineage until someone is brave enough to feel it” Nathan’s school experiences and being bullied as a hyper sensitive child Trusting that your parents did the best they could The beauty that came out of Nathan’s parents’ divorce Nathan’s experience with family constellation therapy Overcoming addiction to hard drugs Some of the healing modalities and plant medicines Nathan has worked with, and the lessons they brought (kambo and psilocybin) Nathan’s spoken word piece that went viral How Nathan is answering the call to pivot from music career How Nathan is practicing being in balance of feminine and masculine energiesAbout Nathan Maingard:
Born at home to a writer and a craftsman in a tiny cottage on the tip of Africa, Nathan Maingard was raised barefoot and naked. As a highly sensitive person formed by the sounds of wild ocean and musical poets, he was nearly crushed by the limiting boxes society pushed him into. Through his inner healing journey of finding his 'enoughness', he has grown into an empowering wordsmith, healing facilitator, and transformational guide. His gift is to support down-to-earth seekers and free people as they feel, heal, and grow.
Related episodes:
233 Weaving A New Reality (Podcast Update) 232 Miracles Abound: Recap Of My Healing Journey To Turkey 216 Cultivating a Sacred Connection to Source, Your Soul & Social Media Audience – ALYSON CHARLES INTERVIEWS KSENIA on Ceremony Circle Podcast 201 Lion Tracker Boyd Varty: Following The Track Of Your Life and Creative Process In The Digital Age 170 TikTok’s Grooviest Couple Is Bringing Healing to The World – GROOVE WITH GAIA aka CAM AND ELI on Movement, Mindfulness & Plant Medicine 123 Rebecca Naylor: Kambo, The Consciousness Expanding Frog MedicineMentioned:
Jeremy Loops music
Immaculée Ilibagiza
Rasa adaptogenic coffee alternative
Connect with Nathan Maingard:
Instagram: @nathanmaingard
https://nathanmaingard.com
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I’ve been in a deep process of surrendering and incubating an upgraded podcast name and cover, and I’m so excited to share this update with you. In this solo episode, I share:
Alchemization of WEB8 podcast name How someone calling me out led to a big expansion New podcast cover! Some of the symbols within the WEB8 podcast cover art The most important “to do” list I’ve ever had: “surrender to God” Not saving things up “for later” – unclogging my creative fieldRelated episodes:
213 Introducing WEB8: New Podcast Name, New Era
186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World
118 Sophie Chiche: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Mentioned:
Shaq and kitty cat – viral TikTok
Animal Power Book by Alyson Charles
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When you have a feeling that there’s an adventure, a journey you’re meant to take, but you don’t know where to start… get patient and listen. The guidance always drops in.
In this episode, I share the boundless miracles that have unfolded for me and my family in the last couple of weeks as we journeyed through Turkey. We cover:
- Getting quiet and listening listening to the land
- My experience being guided to go to Turkey and following through on it
- Planting seeds for a healthy pregnancy
- Releasing the story that ancestral healing needs to be hard
- My experience with prescription ketamine medicine
- Supporting each other on our own individual journeys as one of the pillars of my relationship with Eric
- The miracles that unfold when we say YES before we know the HOW
- My favorite way to use my intuition when shopping
- A magical 600-year-old garden I got to visit in Istanbul
- Creating family memories
- Disconnecting from external drama and re-plugging into the peace within
- How this year already feels very different like anything I’ve experienced in the past
Related episodes:
231 Manoj Dias: You Already Are Everything You Seek To Be | Meditation As A Catalyst For Healing
181 Intentional Journaling Prompts To Create A Vision For The New Year and Reflect on This Year
180 Rebecca Naylor: The Universe As A Treasure Map, Learning To Trust The Mystery and Water As A Consciousness Carrier
123 Rebecca Naylor: Kambo, The Consciousness Expanding Frog Medicine
Mentioned:
Open meditation, breathwork and movement app
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My guest is Manoj Dias – author, teacher, speaker and co-founder of Open, a modern meditation organization based in California. I have been using Open to participate in the January meditation and breathwork challenge, and it’s quickly becoming my favorite mindfulness app. If you’d like to experience it for yourself, download the Open app here.
We discuss:
How Manoj found himself on the intersection of meditation and technology
How meditation came into Manoj’s life
From corporate marketing to being a meditation teacher
Transforming the story of “there’s something wrong with me”
How Open is giving spirituality a different marketing campaign
Meditation as a gateway to a life of clarity and ease
Manoj’s cultural and religious background, and what it was like growing up in the Buddhist tradition
How Manoj knew that he’d just met his spiritual teacher
The journey of listening to your body
Expanding from a drop-in meditation studio to a global app
Finding the balance between rhythms of creation and rest as an entrepreneur
Trusting your body’s wisdom
Finding harmony between the heart and the mind
Manoj’s decision to go from teacher to a tech entrepreneur
Connect with Manoj Dias:
Manojdias.com.au
@manojdias_
Open meditation, breathwork and movement app
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Related episodes:
217 Natalie Miles: Your Intuitive Power in Business and on Social Media
191 Kalpana Alejandra Arias: Ecosomatics, Reindigenization and Living A Devotional Life In The Digital Age
96 David Harshada Wagner: Plug Into The Mystical Path In The Midst Of It All
85 Dr. Andrew Weil – Expanded Consciousness, Breathwork & Matcha
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In this episode I'm interviewed by Tom Boyd for his show Creators Are Brands. It's packed with gems! Description from Creators are Brands:
In a world where everyone is telling us to speed up, we talk about intentionally slowing down to create more of what you love, how to create your own algorithm, we talk about her integrated holistic way of working with sponsors (that i encourage you to borrow), why she stopped selling courses even though they were bringing in crazy money, how to re-frame feelings of jealousy or comparison of other creators, why she’s quitting being an influencer, and stay to the very end and she shares a strategy for connecting with your audience through every digital thing you make.
We discuss:Rethinking content creator business
Building a sustainable brand on social media
Finding meaning and longevity in digital self-expression
Relationships over transactions
Social media as a stepping stone on the way of remembering who you are
The metrics that actually matter
Trusting the content you’re “meant to” share over logical strategy
How to reframe comparison on social media
Allowing social media to be a mirror of places you are meant to grow
Redefining success
Seeing triggers as opportunities for growth
Do you need to create a separate instagram account for your podcast?
Clearing out your creative shelf
Give yourself the grace to move through what you’re moving through
Ways to connect to the joy of creation
How Ksenia is currently approaching podcast and social media brand sponsorships
Related episodes:225 Retiring From Being An Influencer: Identity Alchemy, Soul Journey As A Public Figure and Releasing Addiction To Hustle
193 Tom Boyd of @bonusfootage: All Things Content Creation, Short Form Video and TikTok Growth
186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World
Resources:Meditation and breathwork challenge on Open
Social Media Challenge: 11 days of sharing
Hashtag Mindful class on Skillshare
Connect with Tom Boyd:www.tomboyd.co
Creators are Brands podcast
Instagram: @bonusfootage
TikTok: @bonusfootage
Twitter: @BOYDERyo
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In this episode recorded over a cup of ceremonial cacao, I catch up with Florencia Fridman, my “cacao mama”. Her beautiful cacao ceremony offerings served as a doorway for me to connect to the spirit of cacao, and since then I’ve had the joy of doing a cacao ceremony training with Flo, as well as traveling to Guatemala with the cacao brand she runs with her brother, Cacao Laboratory.
We discuss:
How Florencia got into ceremonial cacao
Florencia’s experience going to a mystery school in Guatemala
Answering the call to work with ceremonial cacao
Understanding the medicine of cacao through Maya Cosmovision
Cacao as a sacred food that helps us connect deeper with our relationship with Spirit
The one time that an Amazonian Indigenous elder asked Florencia for a cup of ceremonial cacao
The relationship between the spirits of plants and the dream world
Flo’s earliest memories of connecting with the Spirit realm
The first time Florencia met her spirit guides
Ksenia shares how she overcame the fear of the unseen beings
Florencia’s experience moving from Argentina to USA as a kid
Going off your path to come back stronger than ever
How a marriage led Florencia to exploring shadow work
Finding your own way outside of a romantic partnership
How ending a marriage propelled Florencia to commit to her spiritual path
Experiencing the energetic blueprint of freedom
Facing self-sabotage and shame and exploring internal conflict
Owning and honoring your ancestry and DNA
How Florencia’s relationship with cacao has evolved
The magic of drinking cacao with local plants
Plants that work synergistically with cacao – like blue lotus and mugwort
Florencia’s rituals with cacao
Spirit-led relationship with business
Balance between humility and owning your worth
Rituals to nourish a brand
Welcoming it all and generously allowing emotions to move through your experience
Choosing to live a fully expressed human experience
Lessons from plants and two months in Ecuador that Florencia is integrating
Activating your voice and trusting your path
Social media through the lens of Spirit
Activating the new dream
Florencia’s community platform Florecer and the vision for it
Episode sponsors:
Op e n
Open is a meditation and breathwork app I’ve been loving. I’ve been wanting to re-commit to a daily meditation practice and this January, I will be doing a daily meditation + breathwork challenge with Open! Learn more and join me here: https://go.o-p-e-n.com/KSENIABRIEFCHALLENGE. With my link, you will get free access to breathwork, meditation and movement practices for the month of January, and a chance to win an Open in-person retreat in 2023 (valued at $2k-$5k).
Zencastr
Have you ever bought anything after hearing an ad on a podcast? I know I have. Whether you want to diversify your ad spend, add a new marketing stream, or test out podcast ads, Zencastr – a longtime partner of this show – now has its own Creator Network that makes it easy for brands to connect with podcasters with aligned content and audiences. Interested in sponsoring podcast ads for your business and maybe even this show? Go to zen.ai/WEB8 and fill out the contact form so that Zencastr can help you bring your business story to life.
Resources:
Cacao Lab Ceremonial Cacao - use code BREAKFASTCRIMINALS for 15% off
What is cacao ceremony?
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism) by Charles Eisenstein
Caro Arevalo
Chiricaspi plant
Anima Mundi Blue Lotus Flower to add to your ceremonial cacao
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Naku healing center in Ecuador
Related episodes:
14 Florencia Fridman: Cacao Ceremony and Maya Cosmo-Vision, Align Making Money With Your Divine Purpose
223 How Jessica Scheer Helped An Indigenous Spiritual Leader Grow A 550K Community On TikTok: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Technology
169 Anima Mundi Founder Adriana Ayales: Meeting the Sacred in Plants, Business and Money
145 Michelle Sinnette: New Paradigm of Business with Legacy Cacao Founder
104: Caro Arevalo – Stay True To The Essence You Want To Share with The World
98 Mark Elmy: Mayan Astrology as a Key To Decoding The Matrix
Connect with Florencia Fridman:
@florencia.fridman
Florecer, flourishingoneness.com
Cacao: Food of the Gods Documentary
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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist, TEDx speaker, author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world’s leading floral apothecaries. Katie Hess is one of my favorite people in the world, and I use LOTUSWEI products daily – they have been an incredible ally on my journey of stepping into my truth and into my voice.
We discuss:
Gathering of healer warriors
Developing a new model of medicine
“Healer heal thyself” as the number one core value
Ksenia shares her experience with LOTUSWEI flower elixirs
Creating the energetic space for business expansion
Internal resilience that comes from struggle
How flower elixirs work: Botanical wifi
How live blood analysis is showing cutting edge new research around the impact of flowers on health
Uprooting self-violence and tuning into the frequency of self-love with Divine Within LOTUSWEI series
Ksenia’s game-changing mindset shift while adjusting to life with a new puppy
Dogs as profound mirrors and teachers
Ksenia’s experience discovering biological dentistry and deciding to do a root canal removal surgery
Katie’s experience discovering cobalt trace mineral
Flowers that can help you connect to your inner knowing
How Katie connects to plants and flowers and alchemizes LOTUSWEI products
Flower essences that can help you tap into particular Earth energy grids to resource information
Building the muscle of self-trust
Unhooking from being right into the spacious realm of the unknown
Living in the question
Making love with the plant world through air
The miracles that can happen when you start working with flowers
The journey to choosing your self
The lessons Katie and Ksenia are currently moving through
Our bodies as a temporary home
Softening the “I got it” mentality and stepping into receiving
Flowers for hopelessness and grief
Finding a home wherever you are
The gift of receiving
Connecting to intuitive electrical communication
Being in the question
The dance between business and spirit
What to do when you feel torn about being on social media
Ksenia shares her rituals around social media
The power of saying no and the courage to opt out
Katie does a live mini flower reading for Ksenia
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Connect with Katie Hess:
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@iamkatiehess
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About Katie Hess:
Katie Hess is an expert of flower alchemy - using the healing power of flowers to awaken our true potential. She is the author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, a leading flower elixir apothecary. She travels in search of rare flowers with the healing qualities most needed by today’s world, from the forests of British Columbia, to sacred sites in India, rainforests in Costa Rica, hot springs in Iceland and the jungles of Taiwan.
Katie captures the lifeforce and activating potential of flowers and translates it into an accessible method to bring more happiness into our daily lives. One of the most sustainable forms of natural medicine, flower remedies are known for their short-term benefits like clarity, focus and sleep, with long-term benefits of rapid personal growth.
Having gathered empirical research from thousands of private clients, Katie created a flower essence library with elixirs now used by people in more than 50 countries. She teaches mindful-awareness practices at Flowerlounge events around the world, and hosts the Flowerlounge Podcast, featuring experts in unconventional paths to self-awareness, with listeners in more than 75 countries. She’s founder of the Self-Arising Nature Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a center for flower essence education, experiences and practitioner training.
Whether it’s hosting retreats, leading meditations, or her travels to find the planet’s most powerful flowers, the essence of Katie’s work is to awaken people to their own inner wisdom. Find out what your favorite flower means about you at www.lotuswei.com.
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The most important home to visit during the Holiday season is the one within. In this solo frequency transmission, I share the waves I’ve been surfing around coming home to self, cultivating unshakeable peace, and BEing an invitation into love everywhere I go.
Some of the topics we traverse:
How to be when triggers come up around family
Invitation to shed anything you’re not meant to bring into the coming year
Shining the light within the shadow
Cultivating peace within
Being a powerful weaver of your reality
“How anyone around you acts is not a measure of how far you’ve come”.
Related episodes:
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197 Reggie Riverbear: Coming Home To Yourself Through Voice, Finding Your Community and Trusting Spirit As A Business Strategy
173 Part Two: I'm remembering who I am
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In this episode, I share the top lessons I’ve learned so far from starting, growing and monetizing a podcast.
We cover:
Why I started a podcast and my intention behind continuing it
Why podcasting is my favorite form of content creation after experiences creating courses, blogging, sharing on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
The energetics of a successful podcast!
The ways the podcast has helped me grow personally and professionally
How switching my attention from the technical aspects of sharing my voice to the energetic aspects changed everything
How the podcast has remained the of my content universe as I’ve gone through multiple iterations of how I show up online
How solo episodes have unexpectedly become a huge part of the podcast
My creative process for recording solo episodes
How I make promo materials and graphics for podcast episodes
Some of the tools I’ve used to grow the podcast
How I find and book podcast guests
Top ways I’ve monetized the show
The easiest way to start monetizing your podcast no matter where you’re at in your podcasting journey
Episode sponsor:
Zencastr, my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. Use my special link https://zencastr.com/pricing?coupon=KSENIA&fpr=lek58 and use code KSENIA to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional.
Mentioned:
Zencastr for podcast recording and post-production
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My tech setup (Shure Mic with a stand and this Logitech Webcam or MacBook Pro Built-in Camera)
Audacity software for when I want to record an episode on my computer (for solo episodes and in-person episodes)
Auphonic (automatic post-production for times I record locally on my computer, not on Zencastr)
Transformational Speaking audiobook by Gail Larsen
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Recording this solo episode has felt like a ceremony and I’m grateful to share this potent conversation with you! I share an update on my relationship with being a “content creator”, as well as some of the biggest lessons that I’ve been moving through both in my personal and professional life. I also share my vision for the future of being a storyteller in the digital age.
I share:
Why I’m retiring from being “an influencer”
My journey of being a content creator, public speaker, and course creator
Why I paused all sponsored content for 6 months
How I leveraged short form video content to sponsor some of the tiny cabin renovations
Separating my worth from the addition to producing
Expanding into being guided by Source
How I decide which brands I want to work with
How I make sure I don’t burn out as someone who shares my life online
Making space for what’s meant to come through you next
What do you choose to amplify with your powerful energy and intention?
A new way to look at being a storyteller in the digital age
Episode sponsor:
Zencastr, my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. Use my special link https://zencastr.com/pricing?coupon=KSENIA&fpr=lek58 and use code KSENIA to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional.
Mentioned:
One-on-one sessions with Ksenia
My first social media course on Skillshare (which became the pilot for the Conscious Social Media Program)
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Brittany Eastman is an adventurer and architect of inner worlds where beautiful lives, businesses and leadership emerge. Writer, multidimensional mentor and speaker, Brittany creates rich spaces and communities where mysticism, business and self inquiry collide and thrive.
I discovered Brittany through Ellie Seilern, and since then have really enjoyed her content reflecting on social media, business and motherhood.
We discuss:
Why the key to success is becoming more you
The importance of not taking entrepreneurial failure personally
The moment Brittany decided to crumble her business and re-build from a totally new foundation
Energetic understanding that led to building a successful mentoring business
Letting go of “the myth of getting somewhere”
Why you don’t need to earn the right to success
The social media metrics you’re giving way too much attention to
How Brittany has structured her online offerings outside of the “industry standards”
No one can teach you the thing you were born to do
Remembering your innate power
Practicing discipline and refinement of what you let into your field
Energetic understandings that lead to a whole new level of self-expression
Not giving away your power to gurus and experts
Embodying the archetype of the writer
Creating from pleasure and from “here I am” instead of “this is where I’ve been”
Brittany’s journey of elevating her brand
Visual brand identity as an enriching storytelling experience
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Connect with Brittany Eastman:
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@iambrittanyeastman
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Jessica Scheer is a business strategist and world traveler working to bridge ancient wisdom to the modern world. Jess is the co-founder of Dream World, an online education platform sharing Amazonian dreaming wisdom through online courses and social media. Jess is back on the podcast to talk about the incredible growth of Dream World and how she helped the Sapara Nation Indigenous Leader Manari Ushigua grow his TikTok to over 550K followers.
We discuss:
How an indigenous leader’s “Can you help me with my Instagram?” led Jess on a wild journey
Co-creating The Dream World Program with Manari Ushigua sharing Amazonian dreaming wisdom
How an online course has become an incredible income stream for the indigenous Sapara Nation in Ecuador
How they grew Manari’s email list from under 1,000 to 8,000 in less than a year
Why consistency is the magic sauce for social media growth
What Manari thinks of having become an “influencer”
Why she has chosen to invest her online business and marketing skills into other leaders and not her personal brand so far
How Jess helped grow Manari’s TikTok account to 550K+ followers
The most important components of building successful social media presence
How to respectfully create content to support indigenous knowledge and wisdom keepers
Connecting with the eagle and condor medicine
Honoring the ritual side of creation just as much as the implementation
How Jess makes ceremonial cacao anywhere she goes as a digital nomad
The magical moment of exchanging knowledge between the Mayans and the Sapara nation
What it was like to film the Dream World course in the Ecuadorian jungle with Manari
Rituals around the creation of the Dream World course, particularly sacred use of tobacco
Sapara Nation’s relationship with cacao (it’s not what you’d expect)
A spiritual message from Manari
Episode sponsor:Zencastr, my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. Use my special link https://zencastr.com/pricing?coupon=KSENIA&fpr=lek58 and use code KSENIA to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional.
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Mentioned:
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Connect with Jessica Scheer:
@sayyeswithjess
http://www.sayyeswithjess.com
Connect with Manari:
@manariushigua on Instagram
@dreamworldprogram on Instagram
@dreamworldprogram on TikTok
https://www.manariushigua.com
Connect with Ksenia:
kseniabrief.com
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About Jessica Scheer:
Jessica Scheer is a business strategist and world traveler working to bridge ancient wisdom to the modern world. Jess is the co-founder of Dream World, an online education platform sharing Amazonian dreaming wisdom through online courses and social media. Jess has worked in the online business world for nearly 10 years, supporting leaders in the wellness and spirituality space to share their message online. For the last 4 years, Jess has spent most of her time in Latin America, exploring and learning from indigenous communities. Follow along at @sayyeswithjess.
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Are you worshiping the cult of “being a nice person?”
Did wanting to be liked and approved sneak up to the top of your subconscious hierarchy of values?
You’re here because niceness has likely hijacked how you express yourself in the world, putting a ceiling and a floor on how freely you share the TRUTH of who you are. The truth that is the swirling life force in the field beyond logic, spreadsheets, content plans and business projections. The kind of truth that wants to pour divine frequencies through you with no self-censorship. Even if it pisses some people off. Especially if it does.
If you’re ready to let go of wiring that no longer serves you and hire a quantum electrician within to choose a new set of beliefs that make you SOAR, you are in the right place.
In this solo episode, I invite you to step into the main character energy that you were born to play in your life.
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In this transmission, I’m sharing the invitation to release expired parts of your identity, and how this energy has been showing up in my life and business decisions.
Revisiting my ego-attachments to a brand I’d created that was once successful, I’m present to the fearful holding onto the idea that I might never create something as great again. Time to burn that sh*t in a sacred fire!
That’s how we make space for the new.
For being pure vessels for Love that wants to pour in us and through us.
That’s how Source guides us to the most extraordinary, beautiful, abundant paths of creation and expression.
I trust and choose to leap into the void, the in-between identities.
Are you with me?
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