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  • For when you're tired of finding yourself in the SAME situations over & over again. For when you know you deserve more, but aren't getting it. For when you know you deserve more, but are standing in the WAY of you getting it. For the ones who are always self-sabotaging. For the ones who react and then hate that they react. For the ones who hold their tongue until they burst. For the ones who know they can be great and big and bright and wonderful but something holds them back.

    For the ones who are ready to change + wake up to the ways in which YOU just might be the problem.

    Or maybe there is no problem.

    Maybe you're just in the same pattern.

    And you're choosing it for no other reason than -- it's what you know.

    This episode is for the ones who are ready to know something different.

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    Episodes mentioned in this podcast: 45. I ran a Marathon in Paris + Had a Second Spiritual Awakening

    If you liked this episode, you'll like this one: 24. A guide to breaking limiting beliefs, breaking patterns, & creating a new self-concept

    Books mentioned:

    Becoming Supernatural, Joe DispenzaAtomic Habits, James Clear

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    EPISODE CHAPTERS:

    0:00-9:00: Introduction/Episode & Life Update on the Road Less Traveled

    9:00-14:00: Problem vs Pattern - StoryTime

    14:10-19:45: Becoming Aware of Habits, Triggers, & Emotions

    19:45-27:00: Spotting Patterns, The Neuroscience of Why we Have Bad Habits

    27:00-30:00: A Pattern wants to Pattern

    30:00-36:00: Emotional Regulation: Letting Our Emotions Guide us vs Being Controlled by them

    36:00-40:00: The Pattern of Miscommunication

    40:00-45:00: Creating New Neural Pathways + Shifting our Brain

    45:00-50:00: How to Change: Identity-Based Change & Habit Formation

    50:00-57:00: How to Identify your Limiting Beliefs + Belief Systems

    57:00-1:01: How to Change: Mental Rehearsal, Inner Child Healing/Shadow-Work

    1:01-1:06: Expanding your Vision & Rewriting your Story

    1:06-1:11: Shifting Our & Our Language to Serve Us



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  • This episode is for anyone considering changing their life-path: leaving a job, moving cities or countries, changing who they surround themselves with, starting a business, leaving a relationship - ending a chapter & beginning a new one.

    For anyone who finds themselves teetering at the edge of a cliff - knowing that they want to take a leap, knowing they feel called to close a door to open a new one, but is scared of what's on the other side, who is scared of free-falling.

    I've been there.

    And this episode is something I wish I would've had when I was there.

    It's been two months since I leaped off that cliff, and I've learned a lot in the process.

    Sometimes, our lives change in the matter of a moment without our input. And somehow, everything does work out. But other times, we have to be the ones to make the decision, to look fear in the eye, and boldly say "I want more for my life," and co-create with a universal intelligence to give ourselves that. Sometimes, we have to trust that everything will work out while also being the force that changes our own lives.

    On this episode, we're talking about the fine line between trusting yourself, facing your fear, & the practical steps necessary to set yourself up well for a big life-change while also having faith in the divine + surrendering to the process.

    We're not leaping blindly off the cliff and free-falling into the unknown (that works for some people, but not most of us) -- we're walking up to the edge with our heads high & creating the necessary relationship with ourselves and with life to trust that when we decide to jump, there is a net to catch us.

    Lots of love to all of you on The Road Less Traveled <3

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    If you liked this episode, you'll like this one too!

    Episode 26: Intuition vs Anxiety: Building Trust With Yourself by Learning to Listen to Your Inner Wisdom

    Episode 60: How a Self-Discovery Journey Led me from Working in Tech to Doing Yoga Teacher Training in Bali

    EPISODE CHAPTERS:

    0:00-11:00 Introduction + Workshop Announcement

    11:00-20:00: Externalizing Happiness, Facing Ourselves, Taking Responsibility for Our Lives (Step 0)

    20:00-26:00: Fear vs Intuition, Learning to Listen to Your Intuition, Daydreaming (Step 1)

    26:00-29:00: Losing Friends/Outgrowing Relationships as a ByProduct of Inner Change (Step 2)

    29:00-35:00: Setting Yourself Up Well + Getting REAL on What You Need to Make it Happen (Step 3)

    35:00-43:00: Developing Trust in the Divine, Creating Dialogue with Life, Creating an Abundance Mindset (Step 4)

    43:00-50:00: The Most Important Thing You'll Ever Learn to Do, Ways to Practice Letting Go & Surrender (Step 5)

    50:00: The Foundation of Developing the Trust to Take Leaps of Faith (Episode Summary)



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  • We hear it in the wellness space all the time: “Trauma is stored in the body,” but what does this actually mean? And what are the different modalities to heal it?

    In this episode, I sit down with an inspiring & intuitive-led expert on this topic to cover:

    How emotional pain gets stuck & stored in the body & why it’s so hard to unlearn bad habits + toxic patterns (AKA: why is it so much harder to expect happiness than it is to expect pain?)What it means to live in alignment and be free of the burden of worry and pain What the energetic body is & how to release through Movement + Kriya Yoga (&What is Kriya Yoga)How Fear Blocks us + Love Unlocks us

    From the moment I met Samten Kriya, I was awe-struck by her incredible ability to be so unapologetically herself, command a room with such power, yet still speak directly from her heart and maintain an air of kindness. She was one of my teachers during my 3 week stay at House of Om Bali, where I did my Yoga Teacher Training while on my journey in Southeast Asia.

    Samten is one of the few Kriya Yoga teachers in the world - focusing on expressive somatic movement to heal trauma and unleash the “True You” underneath pain, societal conditioning, and subconscious programming. In Kriya, there are “knots” in the body - energetic and physical tightenings that are formed during traumatic and emotional life experiences that can only be released and resolved with movement.

    When we we live in the subsconcious stories that keep us stuck in our pain, we habitually reinforce these knots of pain when. Kriya is a modality of somatic movement to release energy & align yourself with who you really are.

    Intuitively inclined from an early age, Samten was taught by a Guru in the Himalayas after studying and teaching Hatha Yoga for several years, living in Yoga Ashrams, and studying Tibetan Buddhism. She holds a wide-range of knowledge about the body - both physically and energetically and an articulate and expressive tongue to spread her knowledge with the world.

    You can follow Samten here:

    Website

    IG

    Her Heal & Transform Tool-Kit (On Sale!)

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    EPISODE CHAPTERS

    0:00: Introduction

    6:00: Growing up Psychic & Interested in Buddhism while part of a Religious Family

    8:00: Introduction to Kriya Yoga

    11:00: Life Prepares You: Choosing Destiny vs It Choosing You (Free will vs. Fate)

    14:00 How are we divinely guided?

    15:00 Inner Child Healing & Awakening: How to.. “Be Yourself?” Leaning to be yourself

    16:00: What is Kriya Yoga? How does it help us heal emotional pain?

    19:00: How to Know if You’re Actually Ready to Change

    23:00 You have to Feel to Heal: How You Need to Use Your Body To Heal

    28:00: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever seen be healed in your work?

    33:00: The Role Pain plays in Our Journey of Self-Discovery & Realization

    35:00: Fear Blocks You, Love Unlocks You: Opening the Heart

    37:00: What if you feel like you don’t have the resources to heal/break the cycle?

    43:00: Ego Death + Energy Realignment

    45:00 Why this Knowledge Has been Kept Secret

    48:00 Enlightenment: The Bliss of Living in Love

    53:00 How Do We learn To Trust? / Learning to Trust

    57:00 Advice for Those on The Road Less Traveled



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  • As the holiday season rolls around, many of us who are on a journey of healing are visited by triggers, past pain, and heavy emotions.

    The first visitor in our internal world is usually Anger. It is best friends with Pride & usually sounds like:

    “Why is is this way? Why did that have to happen? Why couldn’t you have…” + It is often paired with actions towards others that are uninhibited from showing that we still pain.

    It is silent, passive, and quite poisonous to our hearts.

    Anger & Pride make a bed for Resentment to sleep comfortably in - and all that resentment does is keep us away from the door to our healing. The doorway to our hearts becomes poisoned.

    While they are hard, these emotions and triggers are tests and challenges of our willingness to stay present with ourselves and commitment to growth during heavy times.

    Can you peak under the hood of all that anger, pride, resentment, pain — and hold space for what’s underneath it?

    Can you consciously decide to continue your journey, in the face of what may have led you on it in the first place?

    Can you show up for the inner child you’ve worked so hard to recognize + validate? And can you do it with love?

    I recorded this episode back in June, before The Road Less Traveled kicked off - but as I felt into my experience this past week which always seems to mirror the collective, I felt that some words and reminders on navigating hard family dynamics were needed.

    THIS EPISODE IS AVAILABLE IN VIDEO!

    WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/gy4Be6Bk9mk

    In this episode, I cover how Anger + Pride keep us from healing, what self-abandonment looks like & how to spot it, and reminders on what to do when the heart wants to close.

    It’s short & it’s sweet - & if you need more, check out these episodes for further deliberation on these subjects:

    Shadow-Work:

    Episode 21. Shadow-Work Series: Part 1: A Beginners Guide to Inner Child Healing, Forgiveness, & Self-Discovery

    Episode 37. Healing Self-Expression & Actualizing your Dreams Through Your Inner Child - Shadow-Work Series

    Episode 39. The Dark Nigh of the Soul

    Episode 46. Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma & Healing a Wounded Inner Child: Guest Episode with my Sister

    Episode 62. Pain is Inevitable, Sufering is a Choice: A step-by-step guide on what to do when sh!t hits the Fan

    Episode 1: Inner Child Healing + Shadow-Work

    Healing the Heart:

    Episode 38. Unlocking our Heart’s Potential: Clearing Energetic Blocks & Accessing a Portal to Profound love & inner Alchemy

    JOURNALING PROMPTS + GUIDE FOR THIS EPISODE:

    For shadow-work journaling prompts + a guided ritual specific to navigating family dynamics while healing, check out the community for access & consider joining to support my work :)

    Figuring Sh!t Out Together Community

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    EPISODE CHAPTERS:

    0:00: Introduction

    2:15: What is Pride? What is Anger? How does it keep us from healing?

    3:06: Anger is Sadness in a Leather Jacket

    3:54: Reacquainting with the Heart - A Piece Written by Me

    5:55: Acknowledge that Anger has Serves a Purpose in Protecting You (But Know When to Let it Go)

    7:05: Recognizing how We Perpetuate Our Own Pain

    7:30: The Abandonment Wound + It’s Friend: Self-Abandonment

    8:32: Triggers, Expectations, & The Very Real Reality of Loving

    9:34: Validating & Processing your Inner Grief

    10:16 Your Responsibility is You

    11:12 Whatever you Do: Keep Your Heart Open



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  • This week, I broke my arm. Yes, I recorded this podcast episode with broken arm. And edited it. And I am typing this now with one hand.

    You get the point.

    I felt it necessary to interrupt the regularly scheduled programming of the Road Less Traveled to talk about what to do when there are the inevitable bumps in the road.

    How do we respond?

    How do we not spiral?

    How do we.. reverse a spiral (if we may have found ourselves in one)?

    Sh!t happens -- and it's supposed to -- it wouldn't be life if it didn't deeply humble us at times.

    But how can we learn to surrender and let life be our teacher, even & especially when things just may be falling apart a little?

    In my one-armed determination to answer this question as life presented me with my own brand new challenge, I created a step-by-step framework for you to walk yourself through to the other side when to the light when you find yourself in some darkness/

    It is based on the premise that pain is inevitable - pain is our teacher - pain is a necessary opposite to the sweetest joy.

    But in most instances, suffering is a choice. And it is not something that helps us, nor is it something we have to do.

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - 2:30: The Light In The Dark?

    2:30 - 10:00: Happening FOR You, Not To You: Forehead Kisses From The Universe (A piece written by me <3)

    10:00 - 16:00: The Law of Polarity & Life's Tests

    16:00 - 19:00: Holding Space for Duality. Self-Compassion > Positivity

    19:00 - 25:00: The Power of Darkness, Spiraling, & Resilience: Diamonds are Made from Pressure

    25:00 - 30:00: Getting Through Hard Sh!t - A Step by Step Framework (&Breaking My Arm)

    30:00 - 34:30: Step 1: The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself

    34:30 - 39:00: Step 2: Feel.

    39:00- 43:00: Step 3: The Company + Comfort You Keep can Keep You Grounded

    43:00- 47:00: Step 4: Learning How to Surrender

    47:00: The Influence of Your Expectations on Your Reality

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    What is SEASON THREE, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED?

    There is an epidemic in our generation and throughout our society of burnout and hopelessness and a desire for something more. More and more people are deciding to pursue a new path, take a non-conventional journey, to live in alignment with their soul. There is a collective calling for truth and creativity and to live from a heart-centered place.

    But how?

    Consider Season Three, The Road Less Traveled, as a research project to help us understand that.

    I've quit my full time job in Tech, traveled across the world to go to Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, and leaped off a cliff to pursue Figuring Sh!t Out full time as an answer to the calling deep within my heart.

    On this season, I'll interview people who've done something similar, I'll share all of the beautiful lessons and tools I've learned, and I will move from the deepest place of knowing that if we will always be Figuring Sh!t Out, we might as well enjoy the process.



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  • We've all heard of Yoga, but what actually is it? And how can you translate ancient knowledge into a modern tool to help you live and lead your life whilst paying homage to its roots? How can it help you break free of what you "think" you should be?

    In this episode, we answer those questions.

    The first guest of The Road Less Traveled Series is a 22-year old, vibrant yogi from New York with an old soul who transitioned from a touring musician's life to a nomadic and mindful existence.

    Etai's story is fueled by a love for sharing wisdom and a deep union with his own uniqueness. His perspective challenges stereotypes around yoga and how to make it an accessible tool that goes beyond physical postures and stands as a pathway to self-expression and authenticity.

    Even if you've never practiced yoga before or don't care for it - this conversation is rich with breaking free of societal norms and finding empowerment in embracing change. We weave into and out of the spiritual roots of this tradition and navigate the commercialization of wellness and we discuss what it actually means to us to liberate ourselves from external validation and go forth into our Road Less Traveled.

    You can find Etai here.

    ig: thugtai

    CHAPTERS:

    (00:00) - Introduction: The Road Less Traveled

    (04:54) - Radiance, Authenticity, Exploring Yoga Beyond the Stereotypes

    (8:00) - The Westernization of Yoga

    (19:43) - Self-Discovery & Expansion through Somatic Expression

    (27:11) - Surrendering to the Call, Trusting the Inner Voice

    (40:54) - Brave Love: The Intersection of Fear + Love

    (47:25) - New York City vs the World

    (55:59) - The Freedom of Letting Go

    (01:03:22) - Journey of Embracing Authenticity and Purpose

    (01:14:35) - How to Nurture your Inner Growth + Take the Leap

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    What is SEASON THREE, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED?

    There is an epidemic in our generation and throughout our society of burnout and hopelessness and a desire for something more. More and more people are deciding to pursue a new path, take a non-conventional journey, to live in alignment with their soul. There is a collective calling for truth and creativity and to live from a heart-centered place.

    But how?

    Consider Season Three, The Road Less Traveled, as a research project to help us understand that.

    I've quit my full time job in Tech, traveled across the world to go to Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, and leaped off a cliff to pursue Figuring Sh!t Out full time as an answer to the calling deep within my heart.

    On this season, I'll interview people who've done something similar, I'll share all of the beautiful lessons and tools I've learned, and I will move from the deepest place of knowing that if we will always be Figuring Sh!t Out, we might as well enjoy the process.



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  • The breath in between facing the fear and taking the leap + all that comes with it is a well of life-lessons. This episode dives into the details of where I’ve been during my hiatus from Figuring Sh!t Out.

    This episode covers all that led up to me leaving my job, going to Bali for YTT, and deciding to pursue my podcast full time - stepping foot onto The Road Less Traveled.

    Weekly Sunday's are back!!

    Video Episode to this Podcast can be found here!

    IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, CHECK OUT THE SEASON 3 Premier Here!

    CHAPTERS:

    - 0:00 - 2:52: welcome to figuring sh!t out

    - 2:53: you’re probably wondering how I got here: a recap of FSO’s history

    - 8:22: but how do you change everything? why I took a break

    - 12:30: how running a marathon changed my mindset on innate expansive capability

    - 13:56: how I ACTUALLY took the leap: money, mindset, tools

    - 18:50: facing limiting beliefs with gratitude for the uniqueness of being

    - 22:05: Bali + Yoga Teacher Training

    - 25:44: a year of facing myself: all that I did + let go of to get here

    - 30:06: breaking the cycle of generational trauma & rewriting the narrative

    - 32:52: growth often looks like uncertainty & confusion

    - 34:56: walking upon the road less traveled + what you can expect from S3

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    If you liked this episode, you'll like:

    I ran a Marathon in Paris

    Fear is an Illusion

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    What is SEASON THREE, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED:

    There is an epidemic in our generation and throughout our society of burnout and hopelessness and a desire for something more. More and more people are deciding to pursue a new path, take a non-conventional journey, to live in alignment with their soul. There is a collective calling for truth and creativity and to live from a heart-centered place.

    But how?

    Consider Season Three, The Road Less Traveled, as a research project to help us understand that.

    I've quit my full time job in Tech, traveled across the world to go to Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, and leaped off a cliff to pursue Figuring Sh!t Out full time as an answer to the calling deep within my heart.

    On this season, I'll interview people who've done something similar, I'll share all of the beautiful lessons and tools I've learned, and I will move from the deepest place of knowing that if we will always be Figuring Sh!t Out, we might as well enjoy the process.



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  • WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!

    This premier is the entry-point into a brand new season of Figuring Sh!t Out.

    There is an epidemic in our generation and throughout our society of burnout and hopelessness and a desire for something more. More and more people are deciding to pursue a new path, take a non-conventional journey, to live in alignment with their soul. There is a collective calling for truth and creativity and to live from a heart-centered place.

    But how?

    Consider Season Three, The Road Less Traveled, as a research project to help us understand that.

    I've quit my full time job in Tech, traveled across the world to go to Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, and leaped off a cliff to pursue Figuring Sh!t Out full time as an answer to the calling deep within my heart.

    On this season, I'll interview people who've done something similar, I'll share all of the beautiful lessons and tools I've learned, and I will move from the deepest place of knowing that if we will always be Figuring Sh!t Out, we might as well enjoy the process.

    Stay tuned for a new FULL LENGTH episode this Sunday on taking the leap.

    I love you.

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    Figuring Sh!t Out is about navigating the chaos of coming of age and adulthood - whether you’re wrestling with a quarter life crisis, chasing elusive dreams, or trying to make sense of the world - it's about knowing that we are always growing up and giving ourselves the grace to do so.

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  • Some things I am learning:

    How to normalize the flux of knowing, then not knowing, and realizing that you never really knew anything at all.How to accept the wavering feelings of complete clear-hearted confidence followed by the indescribable uncertainty + fear of "am i doing anything right"The bliss and simplicity of the inevitable rediscovery of our childhood self as the pathway to all that we are and all that we will become.That we heal not to deal with our pain, but to learn how to accept our joy.

    + All the rest in this episode.

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - 4:33: The Non-Linear Journey

    4:33: Fear, Uncertainty, Anxiety

    7:40: Finding Your Path

    10:19: What We Learn in the Hard Sh!t

    16:36: Dealing with Toxic People

    20:00: Your Deepest Self, The Ever-Unfolding

    25:00: Self-Soothing

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    38 - Unlocking Our Heart's Potential: Clearing Energetic Blocks

    20 - It is Happening For You, Not to You: Building Resilience in a World of Change

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    About FSO: SEASON TWO TRAILER



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  • Today's episode is a conversation with a girl after my own heart, Sian Camile.

    Sian is a beautiful, soulful woman who truly leads with love and creates spaces for creativity to flourish.

    Her presence is comforting and connected & the wisdom of her insights feel like a soothing balm for the soul.

    In this episode, we talk about

    The Divine Energies: Masculine & Feminine (+ How they're Differentiated from Gender) Symptoms of The Wounded Feminine Healing the Heart + Moving from LoveBalancing the Dualities: Light + Dark Nuances of Womanhood, Dating, and Breakups How Sian curates and creates community for other people through her Writing WorkshopsHer perspective on vulnerability as a superpower and how breaking the barrier to allowing oneself to be seen is the key to bonding + relational connectivity with othersConscious living in your 20's: Finding Your Community

    Whether it's the similarities we share in both being writers, podcast hosts, or having Water, Air, and Earth in our big three (Sian: Cap Sun, Gemini Rising, Cancer Moon / Me: Pisces Sun, Virgo Rising, Aquarius Moon), this episode is an embodiment of Sian & I's kindred spirits.

    Enjoy <3

    xx

    V

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - 13:20: Introduction, The Power of Safe Spaces, Cultivating Vulnerability & Openness

    13:20: Masculine & Feminine Energies: The Divine Trio + Spiritual Significance

    16:00: The Wounded Feminine: Symptoms

    19:00: The Sacred Feminine + Healthy Masculine: Balancing Opposing Energies

    22:00: Internalized Misogyny, Reawakening our Life Force, Embracing the Heart-Led Life

    28:00: Love & Loving - Platonic Love, Familial Love, + What Blocks us from Love

    33:00: Birth, Death, Rebirth: Surrendering to Love & Loss + Accepting our Emotions

    40:00: Breakups, Change, & The Healing Power of Friendship

    47:00: Coping with the Unknown

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  • Productivity that feels nourishing is rare these days. When quantity out-rules quality, we feel burnt out by the pressure to produce. The tendency to put things off, look to our left and see something "better," and silently stay in our chamber of consumption, rather than creation is far too pervasive in today's age.

    So, how do we actually equip ourselves to separate what we want to do from what we "have" to do, create from a place of empowerment, and share our magic with the world? How do we resist the hustle-culture that leads to burnout while also being honest with ourselves about if we're showing up in a way that aligns with our highest self?

    On this episode, we take a look at the psychology of perfectionism and discuss ways to overcome the subconscious beliefs and patterns that keep us frozen. Through actionable steps and a mindset shift, we can slowly take aligned action in the every day to set our own standard for success, and silence the inner critic.

    (A very fun exercise is included to identify this voice + overcome it!!)

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - 5:35 - Introduction & Episode overview

    5:35: The (Unholy) Trinity: Perfectionism, Self-Sabotage, & Procrastination

    7:45: Personifying our Limiting Beliefs (Ft. Bob the Blob!!)

    9:47: Shadow-Work + Taking Your Power Back - Why do we Distract Ourselves?

    11:00: Admitting what you WANT (What if you don't know what you want?) + Tactics to Overcome our Unproductive Habits

    12:30: The KEY to reclaiming your power over your time, attention, focus (while avoiding burnout)

    18:10: Get bored of your Bullsh!t!! (Lovingly <3) Practices for Self-Love & Self Discipline

    Join the Community to access the Shadow-Work Guidebook created with this episode <3

    Includes a Step-by-Step guide to Transmute Past Perfectionistic Tendencies with Inner Child Healing w/ Meditation & Journal Prompts!

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    FIGURING SH!T OUT TOGETHER COMMUNITIES

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    SEASON TWO TRAILER

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    18 - Burnout, Toxic Productivity, & Radical Acceptance

    25 - Self Love & Self Discipline - Learning to Listen to your Intuitive Cycles of Rest & Action

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  • 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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    FIGURING SH!T OUT TOGETHER COMMUNITIES

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



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  • 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



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  • "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

    If you liked this episode, you’ll like this one too!

    Growing & Outgrowing: You’re Not Wrong, You’re Just in the Wrong Place



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  • At some point in our lives, we may find ourselves bending and folding ourselves into shapes that are not our own in an exhausting effort to fit in, conform, and get our return on the illusion we bought that told us we'd be happy if we just "did what we were supposed to do."

    And too often, when this formula doesn't work for us - we exile ourselves and internalize the confusion of being confused.

    We may wonder why we haven’t gotten it right, why we feel so misunderstood.

    What we fail to acknowledge is -- that while we try to contort ourselves into a glass half empty - our unique desires, impulses, and dreams are waiting for us to fill our glass full.

    Have you ever considered that maybe your life is asking of you something so unique, so particular, and so idiosyncratic to your own individual idiosyncrasies - that only you can hear the call and only you can take the action?

    This episode discusses the art of authentic living & the process of embracing our individuality - along with the challenges that come with outgrowing people, places, and things that may have once felt like home.

    There are many choices we can make in this world, but the one I can almost promise you will never regret making is choosing yourself.

    To choose yourself, you must learn yourself, know yourself, trust yourself - and honor the individual expression that calls in a voice only you can hear.

    I believe you have what it takes to do so.

    It is your calling, after all.

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    CHAPTERS:

    0:00-10:25 - You’re not wrong, you’re just in the wrong place

    + A reading from "Women who Run with the Wolves," Passage: The Ugly Duckling

    10:25 - FOMO isn’t Real - The Price of False Illusions of Happiness

    15:58 - Outgrowing what You Once Loved, Learning About + Honoring Your Individual Differences

    19:10 - Wanting MORE for your Life + Feeling Deserving Of It

    20:47 - Paralyzed by Indecision? Sylvia Plath’s Fig Tree of Choice

    26:27 - Your Power & MAGIC is You - You’re Not Meant for Everyone

    If you liked this episode, you'll like this one too!

    Episode 28 - Are you Truly Living, or Just Surviving?

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  • This episode covers a broad range of topics from questions you guys asked via the FSO IG (@figuringshiiitout) for a special episode celebrating over FIFTY episodes of Figuring Sh!t Out!

    It has been an honor + a privilege to host this podcast & figure sh!t out alongside all of you. I LOVED answering these questions + learning what you guys are curious about.

    Because I loved it so much, I will be incorporating more Q&A's into future episodes, so if you have a burning question - feel free to reach out & stay tuned on the FSO instagram for more opportunities for this interactivity <3 (or ask in the section below this episode!)

    Thank you for listening, asking, and letting the light in me find the light in you.

    Here's to 50 more episodes!!!

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - Thoughts on Religion

    8:33- Exploring Astrology as a Medium of Self-Understanding

    11:30 - Advice for Feeling lost in Relationships

    13:47 - Forgiving your Parents / Ancestral Healing

    19:50 - How to Stop the Negative Spiral Loop

    24:08 - Finding your Path Outside of Traditional Education

    25:30 - Self-Care is Hot

    27:35 - How to Prioritize Time alone while Working, Seeing Friends, + Resting?

    30:48 - How to Navigate a Difficult Family Dynamic

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    + If you liked this episode & want MORE on the topics I covered, here are some FSO episodes you may like!

    Religion/Spirituality:

    Episode 10 - The Journey of Spiritual Awakening. Who are you, Really?

    Episode 38: Unlocking our Heart's Potential: Clearing Energetic Blocks

    Relationships (NEW EPISODE COMING NEXT WEEK!)

    Episode 4 - Access to you is a Privilege. Navigating All Types of Love + Relationships

    Episode 16 - Are you Showing up for Yourself the Way you Want to be Shown up for?

    Finding your Life Path/Career:

    Episode 11 - Normalize Confusion - Wherever you are is okay, & You're not running out of time

    Episode 24: A Guide to: Identifying Limiting Beliefs, Breaking Patterns, & Creating a New Self-Concept

    Episode 27 - Following your Calling + Taking the Bet on Yourself (Guest Episode w/ Wellness Entrepreneur)

    Episode 32: Career Confusion & Existential Crises

    Forgiving Parents/Healing Inner Child:

    Episode 19 - No one is Coming to Save You & That's a Good Thing: How to be Your Own Hero

    Episode 46 - Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma (Guest Episode w/ my Sister)

    Prioritizing Time Alone in a Busy Life:

    Episode 28 - Are you Truly Living or Just Surviving?

    Episode 31 - Just Relax, You are Evolving

    Stopping the Negative Spiral:

    Episode 20 - It is Happening for You, Not to You

    Episode 33: How to get out of a Funk & Reclaim your Conscious Power

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  • As we've collectively shifted, it's clear that many are tuning into a greater spiritual awakening.

    This episode takes us through the intricate interplay between our ego's attachment to the physical and our soul's yearning for transcendence - the balance, the dance, and the beautiful journey of duality.

    CHAPTERS

    (00:00) - Ego vs Soul

    (7:40) - Connecting with Others + The Collective Consciousness

    (9:23) - The Impact of TikTok / COVID on our Culture's Spiritual Awakening

    (15:03) - Understanding Egoic Satisfaction & The Soul's Role

    (23:08) - Healing + Unraveling Patterns of Survival

    (27:46) - The Power of Choice + Alignment

    (30:09): "Training" the Ego + Breaking Free from Unconscious Patterns

    (43:19) - Inner Child Healing & Living From Love

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    Fear is an Illusion

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  • Struggles and success often dance hand in hand.

    Jamie Hess grew up in New York City as the daughter of GMA Host, Joan Lunden. A tenacious go-getter from a young age, Jamie was gifted, precocious, and ahead of the curve. She grew up fast - and she found herself soaring up the ladder of Corporate PR earlier than most. But she was curbing the growing pains of growing up in the public eye with a drug addiction that she kept secret - until she couldn't any longer.

    After the road to recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, Jamie turned her life around and discovered fitness, making it her mission to create community and help others see the beauty in a healthy lifestyle. She amassed thousands of followers with a zest for her new passion, until she found herself with another addiction hidden in sheep's clothing. This time, it was an eating disorder.

    Years after recovery from these eras - today, Jamie is a wellness entrepreneur, speaker, mother, wife, and podcaster whose work has been featured on the Dr. Oz Show, The View, and Good Morning America.

    On this episode, Jamie shares her story of resilience and accountability, and how her intimate experience with darkness became the groundwork for the woman she is today.

    Each battle she overcame wove her life tapestry with the humility and infectious authenticity that allows her to teach the lessons that she had to learn.

    She is a woman who channels her past into a beacon for those seeking light.

    On this episode, we talk:

    (00:00) - Overcoming Addiction, Jamie's Story

    (10:38) - Asking for Help, Releasing Shame, Finding Community

    (23:15) - Money Wound, Self-Doubt, Fear, Growing Confidence

    (26:13) - Perfectionism + Inner Criticism, Pursuing your Dreams

    (29:57) - How Vulnerability is a SuperPower

    (39:21) - Jealousy as a Signal, Internalized Misogyny, The Company you Keep

    (46:05) - How a Warrior Mindset saved Jamie's Mom from Breast Cancer + How Gratitude Saved Jamie from Addiction

    (52:21) - Practical, Actionable Advice for those in Deep Confusion, Figuring Sh!t Out

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    46 - Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma + Healing a Wounded Inner Child GUEST EPISODE with My Sister

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  • You cannot run from what you don't want and run towards what you do at the same time.

    You do one or the other.

    In every moment - we are creating.

    Either unconsciously or consciously - we choose the patterns and programs, or - we choose to create new ones.

    In trying to avoid pain, we create the environments and situations to see it more clearly.

    In a decision and a direction, we head forth into the unknown with a guidance born from our own powerful intentions.

    If we search for safety, the best we will find - is safety.

    But if we go towards our ideal, with the assumption that we are already safe -- we are able to see the boundlessness of positive momentum take form in our lives.

    By understanding that our energy is a resource, one that is finite - but also able to multiply if we take care to nourish it, we can identify what drives and motivates us.

    Fear? or Peace?

    Survival? or Creation?

    You choose.

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    This episode was inspired by:

    Chloe Dechelle's Video (Chloe.Dechelle on TT)

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    41 - The Mind-Body Connection: Emotional Regulation, Physical Well-Being, & Somatic Healing



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  • In the art of living, there's a subtle yet profound practice of flirting with life, embracing its vast possibilities, and allowing ourselves the freedom to dream without restraint.

    This episode peels back the layers of self-imposed limitations, bringing into focus the joy and growth that lie on the other side of fear.

    There comes a time where your inner work will lead you to outgrowing your outer world and will ask you to make decisions to choose more for yourself without knowing exactly what comes next.

    I invite you to imagine a world where you dance with your destiny and where the anticipation of what's to come is as delightful as the arrival itself.

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00-5:04: Where are you Settling + Playing it Small? Identifying Limitations, Intuition vs Anxiety

    5:04-8:11: Trusting in the Universe vs Taking Action

    8:11- 15:24: What you're ACTUALLY scared of

    15:24-20:02: Breaking out Of Unfulfilling Narratives: My Journey

    20:02-23:50: Outgrowing Relationships, Letting Go & Making Room for New to Enter

    23:50-26:33: Making room for All Parts of you Along the Way (Fear, Insecurity) as you Build Confidence, Authenticity, + Vibrance

    26:33-30:24: FLIRT WITH LIFE

    30:24-34:33: Your words MATTER: Shifting & Reprogramming Your Mind to Focus into Abundance over Lack

    34:33: What's on the other side? Setting Expectations + Connecting to the Collective Consciousness

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    44 - Fear is An Illusion



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