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Radically Loved® with Rosie Acosta

Hi I’m Rosie Acosta. I am a Meditation Teacher; Speaker and Author of You Are Radically Loved: A healing journey to self-love. I grew up in East Los Angeles during the 92 La Riots and it set me on a troubled path for many years. I didn’t grow up with mentors in my life, so I turned to reading as many books as I possibly could to learn about life’s purpose. In my journey as a First Gen-Mexican American, I found having these conversations gave me insight, support, and inspiration. So, I decided to create a place where I could share these conversations with my community. The Radically Loved Podcast was born! How do we create a radically loved life? Come have a sit with me so we can discover all things mindfulness, spirituality, self-love, and overall healthy living. Please be sure to share the episodes that you love and also leave us a review!
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Apr 30, 2021

Connecting with the Community and Living in Oneness with Aubrey Marcus 

It’s not an exaggeration to say that last year has been challenging for all of us. The pandemic made connecting with our community difficult. It also left us mentally and spiritually depleted. Growth and transformation are challenging during this time. But it is important—now more than ever—to be heart-centered, open, and accepting. 

In this episode, Aubrey Marcus talks about how he lives with oneness daily. He shares inspiring reflections on spirituality, relationships, and depression. He also discusses the importance of connecting with the community in this period of increasing divisiveness. Lastly, he shares about his upcoming book and his writing process.

If you want to know more about how Aubrey manages his life with openness and spirituality, then tune in to this episode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

  1. Find out how to be more connected to the world.
  2. Learn how to promote growth in your relationship.
  3. Discover the ways to move through a depressive state.

Resources

Episode Highlights

How Aubrey Navigated Through the Pandemic

  • Aubrey shares how, for him, last year was one of the best years of his life.
  • The hardest challenge for Aubrey is that he felt like he wasn’t doing enough for the collective.
  • One of the biggest lessons Aubrey learned was to have faith in the community.
  • Aubrey emphasizes how the pandemic opened a lot of moments for contemplating the divisions in our society.
  • Through acknowledging past transgressions and forgiveness, we can mend the divisions in our society.

Connecting with the Community Through Media Platforms

  • There’s a lot of personal and monetary interest involved in media content.
  • Aubrey observes that big media platforms have advertisers who influence them.
  • People often get lost in the conspiracies fed to them by the media.
  • Social media wants to keep people on the platforms for as long as possible by publishing outrageous and divisive content.
  • It’s important to recognize that they don’t always have our best interests at heart.

Speaking from a Place of Oneness

  • Aubrey shares that when you abide by your ego, there’s a strong urge to put people down.
  • You tend to compare yourself to other people to see who’s better.
  • Your ego does this with morality as well. The ego likes to isolate you in this citadel of righteousness.
  • Aubrey argues that all human life comes from the same source and intrinsic worth.
  • It’s important to push this message continually; otherwise, we fall into the trap of the ego.

On Spiritual Materialism

  • Aubrey had a vision quest when he was 18.
  • He went to the mountains, had psilocybin tea, and felt his soul.
  • Aubrey continued to go to spiritual places to recognize and feel the oneness.
  • Oneness is meaningless until you feel it yourself

Audrey’s New Book

  • Audrey likens writing a book to a ceremony.
  • Audrey admits that his book was supposed to come out this year. However, he shares that he had to work on mastering his mind first.
  • Aubrey now feels like he’s equipped to write a better book.
  • Aubrey is now in a place where he feels like he can stand behind everything that he writes.

Shifting to a New Perception on Relationships

  • He explains how a polyamorous relationship is a different spiritual practice.
  • He emphasizes the importance of making boundaries clear in a polyamorous relationship.
  • For Aubrey, the sacred union means putting the relationship above the individual.
  • He recognizes that his relationship with his wife now is a different lesson, a different practice.
  • He is very excited about exploring a different type of union between two people.

Roots of Dissatisfaction in Relationships

  • Aubrey discusses that physical attraction in relationships has an expiration date.
  • This is why romantic and passionate relationships wane over the years.
  • You need to build in other practices to grow and deepen the connection. These practices can be sexual, spiritual, or both.
  • If you’re content in your relationship, you’re at peace. But if you’re complacent, you feel a current of frustration.
  • Listen to the full episode to learn more about the difference between contentment and complacency in a relationship.

How Aubrey Deals with Depression

  • Your body influences the mind, so you first need to look at the state of your body. Next, examine if you have any stuck emotions.
  • Perhaps there’s some energy stored up that you need to release. And this may come in the form of grief.
  • Modifying the stories you tell yourself helps you control your narrative of yourself.
  • Being self-aware enables you to guide yourself to do the right thing.
  • To know more about the tools and practices that Audrey uses to move through a depressive state.

How Aubrey Feels Radically Loved

  • Being radically loved is true every single moment of every day.
  • Judge yourself less.
  • Forgive yourself completely.
  • Surrender to knowing that you are radically loved.

5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode

[8:17] “So, I think it's it's essential that we start to come back to some semblance of oneness. You know, with an acknowledgment but also a forgiveness of the past  and past transgressions, and an allowance for us to just come together in our humanness.”

[17:28] “There's no value proposition to say that this human is better than this human, all humans all life is intrinsically worth the same. And we're all part of the same source.”

[19: 58]  “You can find that we are all one somewhere. But until you feel it, it's meaningless. You have to know it... You could hear all the descriptions about an avocado, but until you have guacamole, you have no idea… And for me, that's been my path is to really feel it.”

[27:44] “It's not that you lose your independence or your identity, but you just know that when the relationship is strong, it will nourish both of you.”

[37:25] “If you're just complacent, there's going to be this kind of current of frustration, you're going to be like, I just kind of want to run somewhere, I just don't know where. And, that's the feeling that I think can be really hard.”

About Aubrey

Aubrey Marcus is the founder and CEO of Onnit. It’s one of the fastest-growing lifestyle companies based on a holistic health philosophy that Aubrey calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is dedicated to providing proper nutrition, fitness, and supplementation to everyone.

Aubrey is the host of The Aubrey Marcus Podcast. In his show, he invites the brightest and prominent figures in their fields. Together, they have conversations about athletics, business, science, relationships, and spirituality.

He is also a founding member and host of the Fit for Service Fellowship. Finally, Aubrey is the author of the NYT Bestselling book Own the Day, Own Your Life.

If you want to know more about Aubrey, you can visit his website. You may also reach out to him through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Apr 30, 2021

Manifestation Part 2 Following Your Joy ( Episode 127 Robert Sturman)

Just being yourself requires a certain level of vulnerability not all of us are willing to show. Vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness, and nobody wants to be perceived as weak. As a result, we hide our authentic selves. But no matter how we choose to express ourselves, we have to go back to the reasons behind what we do.

In today's episode, Tessa Tovar shares what it means to be authentic. We also talk about the importance of words and how we say them and the key ingredient to manifesting our wants and desires.

If you want to know more about the importance of just being yourself, then this episode is for you!

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode

  1. Understand what being yourself means through authenticity.
  2. Discover the power of words and how they help us reach our highest vibration.
  3. Learn more about manifestation and the importance of taking action.

Resources

 

Episode Highlights

What Does It Mean to Be Authentic?

  • To be authentic means being honest and fully who you are. You're also unapologetic about it.
  • To be authentic is to be grounded and vulnerable.
  • Using filters in your photos does not mean you are not authentic. Using filters and dressing yourself up are ways of expressing yourself.
  • You may think twice about just being yourself and doing what you want because you may want others to view you as authentic.

How Important Is It to Be Viewed as Authentic versus Just Being Yourself?

  • It all comes down to how much you care about what other people think of you.
  • If you’re just being yourself, you won’t care if anybody else thinks you’re authentic.
  • Try understanding why you’re doing what you’re doing.
  • Use make-up and filters if they make you happy, or don’t if you feel like you are putting on a mask.
  • Explore both sides of the coin.

The Power of Words

  • It’s important to mind your words and how they can contribute to reaching your highest vibration.
  • It is important to state our intentions clearly so that you're affirmative and positive.
  • When expressing yourself, take a pause, breathe, and choose your words with intention and mindfulness.

Vibrating at Your Highest

  • Vibrating at your highest means being your most honest, real, and authentic self.
  • There is also a semblance of vulnerability when vibrating at your highest.
  • We need to think about how we can utilize words that continually make us feel empowered.
  • In doing so, we can communicate more profoundly and build bridges rather than using words to argue.
  • How you’re saying something and responding to something also matters.

What Is Manifestation?

  • Manifestation is the idea that what we think, say, and do matter in creating the life that we want.
  • To manifest is to create and magnetize something towards us.
  • We can't determine everything that happens to us, but we do have the creative capacity to bring about change.
  • The main ingredient of manifestation is a commitment to action.

5 Powerful Quotes

[13:50] “If you are truly showing up and being true to yourself, you're not going to care if anybody else thinks you're authentic.”

[14:54] “Always bring it back to yourself and understand the ‘why’ of what you're doing and why you're doing it.”

[22:25] “Words don't have to come out so quickly and so rapidly. We can take a moment to think about what we want to say from a place of mindfulness.”

[26:49] “Vulnerability is coming just from a place of being completely honest.”

[33:15] “If we believe that we can bring something into our life, if we believe that there is a way out of a not-good situation, then there is a way to think, say, and do something about it.”

About Tessa

Tessa Tovar is a yoga and meditation teacher and a holistic health coach. She received her degree in Human Communication with honors at the University of Southern Oregon in Ashland. It was at Southern Oregon University that Tessa found and developed her passion for the practice of yoga.

In 2017, Tessa received her certification in Health Coaching. She currently has a health coaching practice that focuses on bio-individuality. She believes that we all have our own personal medicine, including food, environment, financial outlook, spirituality, relationships, and many more contributing factors.

Tessa founded Outside the Studio in 2018. She uses this podcast and Youtube channel to take what we learn from yoga and apply it to everyday life.

In her free time, Tessa enjoys physical activities and going outdoors. She also enjoys reading fiction, taking bubble baths, and snuggling with her two cats, dog, and husband.

Connect with Tessa through her website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. You may also send her an email at info@radicallyloved.com.   

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Rosie

Apr 23, 2021

How to Practice Detoxification of Your Mind, Body, and Spirit with Queen Afua 

The pandemic brought an uncomfortable truth to the surface: not all of us have the healthiest of lifestyles, even if we think we’re in tip-top shape. For too long, we have been feeding our bodies with junk, staying glued to our phones all day, and raising our children the same way. The time for detoxification and a reset is long overdue.

In this episode, Queen Afua urges women to take greater control of their health. As healers of the home, women spread wellness to their families and communities. Instead of relying heavily on drugs or surgery, she explains how we can use food, nature, and yoga as medicine. When we wean ourselves off unhealthy options and cleanse from within, our medical issues will naturally resolve themselves.

If you want to learn how to practice detoxification of your mind, body, and spirit, tune in to the full episode now.

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

  1. Find out how to heal yourself and your family using holistic methods.
  2. Learn how to clear out tension, anxiety, and toxicity.
  3. Discover how Queen feels radically loved 

Resources

Episode Highlights

On Motherhood and Selfhood

  • For Queen Afya, her three children represent different facets of her identity. They are the total of her experiences and carry wisdom from those chapters in her life.
  • She believes her oldest child is her spirit, her middle child is her heart, and her youngest is her bones.
  • Queen Afua explains that motherhood is like a battlefield. The way she raised her children and the emphasis she placed on holistic health and wellness went against the norm.

Going Against the Flow

  • Queen Afua admitted that it took years for her blood family to accept how she lived and raised her kids.
  • Her mother didn't fully understand her vision but supported her anyway.
  • The pandemic forced people to wake up to the need for detoxification and explore natural methods for healing.

Empowering Women

  • During the pandemic, her business grew ten times over as people sought to learn how to boost their immune system against the virus.
  • She compiled all the health and wellness protocols she knew and distributed them on her website and around her housing complex.
  • Queen Afua responded to the pandemic by sharing her knowledge and empowering women to take greater control of their health.
  • The pandemic was an extreme wake-up call to check on the gaps in our health.

Women Wellness

  • During her research, Queen Afua found that yoga, meditation, reiki, hydrotherapy, and other holistic wellness solutions are part of ancient wisdom antiquity.
  • She cites a prayer for women to learn how to heal themselves and their families.
  • Women are natural healers. They don't need to look outside for medicine; they can look within.
  • If you empower women, you empower the entire family.
  • When women reclaim their womb and their natural healing powers, any medical issues will naturally disappear.

Womb Yoga

  • Queen Afua developed her yoga practice. The poses wake up the subconscious mind to the body's natural healing powers.
  • There are 69 womb yoga poses and 39 womb dance movements. All movements are just one movement that flows seamlessly into the next.
  • She recommends a daily bed practice that can help with a prolapsed uterus and heavy menstrual bleeding.
  • Instead of having surgery or relying too heavily on medicine, yoga can strengthen the reproductive muscles naturally.

The Importance of Detoxification

  • Women need to put in the work to release pent-up tension and anxiety.
  • A sickly kid, Queen Afua admits that detoxification saved her life.
  • When she forgot to bring her medication during a trip, she needed detoxification. She didn't know it at the time.
  • After her detoxification, her symptoms suddenly stopped, and her mind went still.
  • After experiencing the wonders of detoxification, Queen Afua became a holistic evangelist. Today, she is proud that detoxification is gaining ground.

Your Wellness Journey

  • Queen Afua encourages everyone to try seven-day detoxification. Whether it's seven days of vegetarian lifestyle or juice therapy, you might discover that going natural is something long-term.
  • As a former colon therapist, she stresses the importance of cleaning up the gut and flushing out the waste that sometimes comes through to the skin.
  • Queen Afua also offers a detailed menu plan and daily checklist to help you on your detoxification journey.
  • On her 21-day Detox Your Life program, she visits all the rooms in your house and transforms them into a wellness home.
  • There's no need to stop visiting the doctor or taking your meds. But if you try implementing these small changes, your doctor will also see the difference.

Radically Loved

  • For Queen Afua, radical love is based on what she calls impeccable listening.
  • The answers you've been searching for already exist within you. All you have to do is ask, stay still, and listen.
  • Once you start listening, you are bound to find love and guidance in every step of your journey.
  • When you listen to your heart every day, love and peace will grow at every turn. Goodness will spread.

5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode

[17:54] “So we don't have to look outside of ourselves for healing any further. We can look within and bring nature into your life, activate nature because we are nature.”

[18:22] “And if you empower women, you empower the family. Women are the bottom line for wellness.”

[38:33] “So the home now is a wellness home that you should get excited about that, having a wellness home. And to me, that's like the ultimate and you're the healer of your home. And you’re healing your family.”

[40:19] “Take a deep breath and just ask and what you hear, move with it. Not emotional. You’ll start to feel that because everything is already there.”

[40:28] “So have radical listening. If you start listening, your heart lobes are gonna love that. Everywhere you go, you're going to find love. You’ll be guided.”

About Queen

Queen Afua is a leader in holistic health and wellness solutions with over 40 years of experience in the field. She has made it her mission to empower people to take greater control of their health using the power of food, self-care, and natural choices.

Queen Afua is the Heal Thyself product line creator, which offers detoxification kits and superfood supplements to help individuals achieve optimal wellness. She is also the Queen Afua Wellness Institute CEO. They offer classes and courses for holistic health.

To learn more about her work, visit her website or follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.  

 

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Apr 23, 2021

Authenticity, Words, and Manifestation: The Importance of Just Being Yourself  with Tessa Tovar

Just being yourself requires a certain level of vulnerability not all of us are willing to show. Vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness, and nobody wants to be perceived as weak. As a result, we hide our authentic selves. But no matter how we choose to express ourselves, we have to go back to the reasons behind what we do.

In today's episode, Tessa Tovar shares what it means to be authentic. We also talk about the importance of words and how we say them and the key ingredient to manifesting our wants and desires.

If you want to know more about the importance of just being yourself, then this episode is for you!

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode

  1. Understand what being yourself means through authenticity.
  2. Discover the power of words and how they help us reach our highest vibration.
  3. Learn more about manifestation and the importance of taking action.

Resources

 

Episode Highlights

What Does It Mean to Be Authentic?

  • To be authentic means being honest and fully who you are. You're also unapologetic about it.
  • To be authentic is to be grounded and vulnerable.
  • Using filters in your photos does not mean you are not authentic. Using filters and dressing yourself up are ways of expressing yourself.
  • You may think twice about just being yourself and doing what you want because you may want others to view you as authentic.

How Important Is It to Be Viewed as Authentic versus Just Being Yourself?

  • It all comes down to how much you care about what other people think of you.
  • If you’re just being yourself, you won’t care if anybody else thinks you’re authentic.
  • Try understanding why you’re doing what you’re doing.
  • Use make-up and filters if they make you happy, or don’t if you feel like you are putting on a mask.
  • Explore both sides of the coin.

The Power of Words

  • It’s important to mind your words and how they can contribute to reaching your highest vibration.
  • It is important to state our intentions clearly so that you're affirmative and positive.
  • When expressing yourself, take a pause, breathe, and choose your words with intention and mindfulness.

Vibrating at Your Highest

  • Vibrating at your highest means being your most honest, real, and authentic self.
  • There is also a semblance of vulnerability when vibrating at your highest.
  • We need to think about how we can utilize words that continually make us feel empowered.
  • In doing so, we can communicate more profoundly and build bridges rather than using words to argue.
  • How you’re saying something and responding to something also matters.

What Is Manifestation?

  • Manifestation is the idea that what we think, say, and do matter in creating the life that we want.
  • To manifest is to create and magnetize something towards us.
  • We can't determine everything that happens to us, but we do have the creative capacity to bring about change.
  • The main ingredient of manifestation is a commitment to action.

5 Powerful Quotes

[13:50] “If you are truly showing up and being true to yourself, you're not going to care if anybody else thinks you're authentic.”

[14:54] “Always bring it back to yourself and understand the ‘why’ of what you're doing and why you're doing it.”

[22:25] “Words don't have to come out so quickly and so rapidly. We can take a moment to think about what we want to say from a place of mindfulness.”

[26:49] “Vulnerability is coming just from a place of being completely honest.”

[33:15] “If we believe that we can bring something into our life, if we believe that there is a way out of a not-good situation, then there is a way to think, say, and do something about it.”

About Tessa

Tessa Tovar is a yoga and meditation teacher and a holistic health coach. She received her degree in Human Communication with honors at the University of Southern Oregon in Ashland. It was at Southern Oregon University that Tessa found and developed her passion for the practice of yoga.

In 2017, Tessa received her certification in Health Coaching. She currently has a health coaching practice that focuses on bio-individuality. She believes that we all have our own personal medicine, including food, environment, financial outlook, spirituality, relationships, and many more contributing factors.

Tessa founded Outside the Studio in 2018. She uses this podcast and Youtube channel to take what we learn from yoga and apply it to everyday life.

In her free time, Tessa enjoys physical activities and going outdoors. She also enjoys reading fiction, taking bubble baths, and snuggling with her two cats, dog, and husband.

Connect with Tessa through her website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. You may also send her an email at info@radicallyloved.com.   

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Rosie

Apr 16, 2021

Facing Anxiety with Inner Peace and Self-Acceptance with Lodro Rinzler

As humans, we want to control our fate as much as possible. We want to be rid of any uncertainty. But this is just an impossible task — no one can ever fully predict the future. Who would've thought that we would be living in a global pandemic in our lifetime, right? In these trying times, facing  anxiety, finding inner peace, and being comfortable with not knowing what lies ahead are all essential.

In today's episode, best-selling author and long-time Buddhist meditation teacher Lodro Rinzler talks to us about meditation and escaping the “thought party.” He also discusses the fear of uncertainties, techniques to appreciate the present moment, and what to look forward to in his new book, Take Back Your Mind.

If you're feeling anxious about the things happening in our world today, this episode is for you.

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

  1. Discover how to use gadgets and social media mindfully.
  2. Learn techniques to support you in facing anxiety and coping with uncertainties.
  3. How does Lodro feel radically loved? Find out at the end of the episode!

Resources

  • Take Back Your Mind: Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times by Lodro Rinzler. Proceeds from Lodro's book will be going to two different organizations: Feeding America and Loveland Foundation.
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Episode Highlights

Lodro's Early Struggles With Anxiety and the Importance of His Book

  • Lodro struggled with anxiety for most of his life.
  • He started meditating at an early age.
  • He learned to focus on the present problems instead of anticipating future problems.
  • The pandemic brought stress and anxiety for everyone. It is important to learn how to healthily cope despite the uncertainties.
  • Lodro’s book, Take Back Your Mind, is a helpful book for today’s time. It provides support in facing anxiety.

Facing Anxiety and Dysfunction amid a Global Pandemic

  • Some of Lodro’s meditation students do not know how to navigate life without meditation practices.
  • Mindfulness can help you recognize anxiety triggers. It helps with stabilizing thoughts and emphasizes focus on proper breathing.
  • Take Back Your Mind offers other tips and techniques that are short and easy to do.
  • We waste our mental energy, which we could have used to connect with our loved ones or do other activities, when we entertain anxious thoughts.
  • With the ongoing pandemic, facing anxiety entails learning tools to unhook ourselves from the stories we welcome and enjoy life for what it is.

Recognizing Anxiety and Techniques On How to Disengage From It

  • News and social media can deplete our mental and emotional battery. Worse, this often goes unnoticed.
  • With depleted mental and emotional batteries, coping with the pandemic and facing anxiety become harder.
  • Whenever you’re doing something, ask yourself two questions: “Is this helpful?” and “Is this useful?”
  • Our minds have the capacity to unhook itself from stress-producing stories we create. Being gentle is the key.
  • Lodro uses the term “thought party” to describe how we try and create as many thoughts as possible about a situation. Constantly thinking of “what ifs” is not helpful. It removes us from the present.
  • We must not only step away from intrusive thoughts but also learn how to appreciate the present.

Accepting Ourselves hrough Meditation

  • Lodro also feels anxious about not being liked by the people he admires.
  • Often, we believe that we must find love from others.
  • In Tibetan, the word Gom can mean meditation or familiarization with oneself. Meditation enables you to know yourself better.
  • Meditation leads to satisfaction with the love we have for ourselves. We have enough love within, and it is the most important relationship to have.
  • Growing up in a Buddhist household taught Lodro that he wasn't born as a mess that needed fixing.

Mindful Use of Devices and Social Media

  • Social media bombards us with different sensory images.
  • Listen to the full episode to know in-depth Lodro's threefold logic in using gadgets and social media — the sense of intentionality, being present as much as possible, and the fruition of how we feel after.
  • Discernment is recognizing the things we want to cultivate or cut. Discipline is prioritizing our morals and doing the things that uplift us
  • Life is a learning process. As humans, we continue to change and create better habits as we go.

Growing Up in a Buddhist Household

  • Lodro talks about the generational anxiety and trauma he observed from inside and outside of his world in Buddhism.
  • He's becoming more aware of the world and societal issues outside of Buddhism, such as toxic masculinity, patriarchy, and more.
  • Lodro feels radically loved knowing that his book can help people and feel the love he infused into it.

5 Powerful Quotes

[1:54] “But for me, it's really been, what do I do when things fall apart? What do I do when it hits the fan, and there's a major stressor, there's a major move, or major financial thing and major... whatever it is for any of us.”

[14:25] “If you met a new friend, and you started hanging out regularly, and getting to know them, at some point you'd be like: I like this person, I like this one. And maybe months, years past, you look over your shoulder: I love this friend because we spend so much time getting to know them and embracing them for who they are. Meditation is us doing that with ourselves.”

[16:58] “And people asked like, Oh, was it like growing up in a Buddhist household?’ The key thing that really stood out to me is that I wasn't raised with the idea that I was originally messed up and I needed to fix it. I was raised with the idea that I'm basically a whole good as is.”

[23:06] “We make mistakes as human beings. And then we continue to refine and say, ‘Well, I don't want to do that mistake again, I want to be more intentional.’”

[26:08] “There's a learning process along the way; and that's sort of the beautiful thing. As humans, we can continue to evolve, we can continue to change from who we were, and force better habits than we have in the past.”

About Lodro

Lodro Rinzler is a best-selling author, long-time Buddhist meditation teacher, and co-founder of MNDFL meditation studios in New York City. His new book, Take Back Your Mind: Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times, is now out for sale.

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Apr 9, 2021

How to Return to What Brings You Joy  with Terri Hines

When you were a kid, dabbling in what brings you joy with no expectations is easy. You enjoyed arts, sports, or play because they made you happy. But as you grow up, what brings you joy gets locked away to give space for other matters. And, in the process, you lose sight of who you are.

In this episode, master storyteller Terri Hines invites us to tap into our creative selves and wake up from this self-induced sleep. She explains that finding a way to reconnect with that dormant part of ourselves can help us stay grounded against worldly and inner chaos. Terri also emphasizes the importance of looking within and checking on yourself daily. When your heart, soul, and spirit are healthy, you can better love other people.

If you want to know how to reconnect with your creative spirit and rediscover what brings you joy, then tune in to the full episode.

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

  1. Find out how to wake up your sleeping passion. 
  2. Learn to check in with yourself daily and practice self-compassion. 
  3. Discover how Terri feels radically loved.

Resources

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  • The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
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Episode Highlights

Lessons from 2020

  • Despite 2020 being chaotic, Terri remains optimistic that 2021 is a chance for rebirth.
  • 2020 may have been a cocoon, but 2021 can be a butterfly.
  • In the past year, Terri shed old layers, tapped into her creative spirit, and rediscovered her true self.

Go Back to What Brings You Joy

  • Being a media professional for live TV, Terri is used to that always-on lifestyle, so stepping out of that was a real challenge.
  • Terri grew up in a musical family; she learned how to play an instrument, sing, and play sports.
  • Today, Terri is rediscovering her forgotten talent for singing with the help of a voice coach. She also plans to take up piano lessons again.
  • Terri feels reborn as a new woman.

Catalyst for Change

  • During her birthday in August, Terri went on a trip to Cabo with friends.
  • The trip offered an opportunity for reflection. Terri started reassessing what she wanted to do and what she wanted her life to be.
  • Along the way, she met her current voice coach, who set her on the path to rediscovery.

On Stifling

  • Terri gave up on singing and playing the piano to focus on building her career.
  • Her dad encouraged her to attend a performing arts school, but she refused.
  • If she went to the school her father wanted, things might have been different, and she wouldn't have to stifle her passion.
  • When her communications career took off, Terri's passion went to sleep. She's waking up now.

Going Inside

  • Although some people find introspection scary, Terri didn't mind it at all.
  • The pandemic forced everyone to look at the mirror and recognize how life has turned out. What do you do well, and what should you eliminate? What layers should you shed to get in touch with your authentic self?
  • Meditation was a great way to go inward. She was initially skeptical, but Terri rediscovered the power of meditation through Insight Timer.
  • Guided meditation has been a life-changer for Terri.

Looking Within

  • In our fast-paced world, we tend to forget ourselves. We can easily ask others how they're feeling, but we fail to give ourselves that same courtesy.
  • If your heart, soul, and spirit are not healthy, how can you love other people?
  • There are more triggers and stressors than ever, which is why you have to find a way to stay grounded.
  • Whether it's exercise, yoga, or journaling, find something that helps you check in with yourself and look within.

Nourishing the Soul

  • Coming from a demanding corporate career, Terri found it challenging to stop self-judgment and criticism.
  • Terri's slowly learning to bring the walls of judgment down and embrace vulnerability.
  • When her voice coach asked Terri about her purpose, she responded that her calling is to give love.
  • Even though she felt like she didn't know what to do with her purpose, her niece echoed the sentiment. Terri is a natural motivator who gets people to listen.
  • Terri found that her purpose is to give love through motivation.

Radically Loved

  • Terri feels radically loved by showing up and greeting the day with a smile and an open heart.
  • As an optimist, she chooses to focus on the good.
  • She feels radically loved by her girlfriend circle and family, who support and challenge her to grow.

5 Powerful Quotes

[04:47] “You know that butterflies just resonate for me just generally speaking, because I feel like butterflies for me represent a rebirth.”

[07:51] “So I sang, I played the piano, and I ran track. So I never knew, I never knew there was an option not to do that.”

[09:57] “You know, listening to the rolls of the water and the ocean. Just to really think differently about what I want to do, and what I want my life to look like and what I want my niece and nieces to think about, thereon.

[14:50] “And so I always think back--even before the career, before college--like if I had, if I had I had chosen to go to school for performing arts, what would my life look like?”

[17:27] “But anyway, I, um, you know, it really forces you to look in the mirror, and really see what's in the heart and hat propels you? What wires you? What motivates you? What things you need to get rid of, right?”

About Terri

Terri Hines is the Executive Vice President for Communications and chief spokesperson for FOX Sports. A vision-driven executive, Terri has over 20 years of professional experience in brand building and communications working for some of the biggest consumer brands. 

Terri has received several accolades from various publications, including Forbes Magazine's Women in Sports: Ones to Watch in 2017, Women In Cable Telecommunications 2017 LEA Award, The Feminist Press 2016 Feminist Power Award, Black Retail Action Group's 2016 Business Achievement Award, Savoy Magazine's Top Influential Women in Corporate America, The Network Journal's Top 40 Under Forty, and Los Angeles Business Journal's Women Making a Difference. 

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Apr 2, 2021

Trust Your Instincts and Cut Toxic People from Your Life with Amberly Lago 

Trigger warning: This episode contains topics involving sexual abuse, which may be distressing for some. If you need professional help, call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. Alternatively, you can chat with a trained staff member online through online.rainn.org.

Have you ever struggled to get out of a toxic relationship? Cutting people off is sometimes necessary for you to live your best life or save yourself. However, ending relationships isn't always that easy — people are bound to get hurt. The decision becomes even harder when you don't know how to trust your instincts. If you can't listen to your gut, you might end up justifying a toxic person's place in your life.

In this episode, Amberly Lago joins us to talk about why you should trust your instincts, setting healthy boundaries, and leaving toxic situations. She also shares her traumatic experience of being sexually abused by her stepfather and her journey toward healing.

If you want to learn to trust your instincts and break free from toxic relationships, then this episode is for you.

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

  1. Discover tips on how to save relationships by setting healthy boundaries.
  2. Learn how to trust your instincts to leave toxic relationships.
  3. Find out how Amberly recovered from a history of sexual abuse and turned tragedy into triumph.

Resources

Episode Highlights

Setting Healthy Boundaries

  • One simple tip to know if you’re in a healthy, loving, and giving relationship is to assess your reaction when their name pops up on your phone.
  • Your head will try to tell you different things, but your gut never lies.
  • Amberly believes that honest communication coupled with knowing and sticking to your values makes it easier to end toxic relationships.

Trust Your Instincts

  • Being raised Catholic in the Bible Belt, Amberly was taught to obey the rules.
  • Coupled with her stepfather’s sexual abuse, she found it difficult to trust her gut at a young age.
  • She also learned to pretend that everything’s okay.
  • Even today, Amberly is still learning to listen to her gut.
  • We should tell children, “trust your instincts,” so they know to trust their gut about some people or situations.

Amberly’s Traumatic Experience

  • Amberly was eight years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her.
  • Her stepfather threatened to kill Amberly’s mother if she told her about it.
  • She told her father what was happening when she was thirteen; he didn’t do anything.
  • It was then that Amberly realized that she has no choice but to fend for herself.
  • Listen to the full episode to know more about Amberly’s difficult past and her journey to recovery.

The Years Following Amberly’s Experience

  • Amberly got into an extremely abusive relationship.
  • Amberly told him about her history of abuse, and he called her mother.
  • It was only during this time that Amberly’s mother knew about the abuse.
  • Amberly finally went to a therapist. It was there that she realized that running from her experience was her coping mechanism.
  • She’s been running from her trauma until she started writing her book. She identified writing as one of the most healing things she’s ever done.

On Writing the Book About Her Life

  • A lot of people have thanked Amberly for writing her book. It shone a light on what other people have experienced too.
  • Amberly wrote her entire book by hand at first. She wrote everything and told herself that she would just take some stuff out later.
  • Typing her book up with a computer was cathartic.
  • Amberly encourages people who want to write a book to start writing.
  • Listen to the full episode to find out how Amberly’s book became a success.

How Amberly Feels Radically Loved

  • Amberly feels radically loved by God.
  • She values her connection with her higher power.
  • Through this connection, she never feels alone.
  • Instead, she feels supported.
  • She also feels radically loved through her beautiful family and friends.

5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode

[10:03] “Communication, as hard as it is, always feels better when you're done just saying how you feel and being truthful in the situation and getting it over with.”

[25:10] “And it’s really up to us to choose what we're going to do with our life no matter what our circumstances are. We don't have to walk with our head held down. We don't have to let that shame weigh us down.”

[26:04] “A lot of times you feel like you're the only one going through that horrible experience. But then you realize there are so many people who have been through something so similar, and you're not alone. And I think that helps too—knowing you’re not alone.”

[35:40] “So if somebody like me, who didn't even know how to attach a picture to an email like five years ago, can write and publish a book and get on The Today Show, I'm telling you—anything is possible. So write your book. Here’s your sign; do it.”

[40:53] “I feel like love is just the most powerful thing in the world. It really is the most powerful thing in the world, and it allows us to heal and grow and connect.”

About Amberly

Amberly Lago is a health coach and keynote speaker. In May 2010, she suffered severe injuries from a motorcycling accident that needed 34 surgeries to save her leg from amputation. By sharing her life experiences and proven strategies, she inspires people to move through life with grit, motivation, and resilience.

Amberly is a bestselling author of the book, True Grit and Grace: Turning Tragedy Into Triumph. She has been featured on TV shows such as NBC’s TODAY Show, The Doctors, Hallmark, and Good Morning Lalaland. She also hosts her podcast, True Grit and Grace Podcast.

If you want to know more about Amberly, you can visit her website or follow her on Instagram and LinkedIn. You can also reach out to her via email or text her at 818-214-7378.

 

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