1 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in through your nose. Hold it now, 2 00:00:37,280 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: release slowly again deep in helle hold release, repeating internally 3 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: to yourself as you connect to my voice. I am deeply, 4 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: deeply well. I I am deeply well. I am deeply wow. 5 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown and this is the Deeply Well Podcast. 6 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Deeply Well, a soft place to land in 7 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: your journey. A podcast for those that are curious, creative, 8 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: and ready to expand in higher consciousness and self care. 9 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: This is where we heal, this is where we've become. Hey, 10 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: wellcome back to this show. This is Debbie Brown, and 11 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: this episode I really want to dive into some thoughts 12 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: I've been having around the timelines for healing and our 13 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: timelines for being able to break through certain barriers that 14 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: we have to ourselves and certain upper limits that we 15 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: have that sometimes we don't quite realize. So some of 16 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: my inspo for doing this show today maybe maybe one 17 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 1: or two seasons ago, I did an episode called Healing Fatigue, 18 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: and specifically the episode was about the stages that we're 19 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: in when we get exhausted from doing the work, exhausted 20 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: from healing, and if that is sounding resonant with you, 21 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: right now, just know you're still on the right path. 22 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: It is exhausting, but one of the things that I 23 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: really enjoy thinking about when I hit some of those limits, 24 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: because sometimes the exhaustaustion isn't necessarily with what you are 25 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: or are not doing. Sometimes the exhaustion comes from living 26 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: in this world where we're having a shared collective experience 27 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: and other people are learning and growing or not at 28 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: different rates than you, and there is a real exhaustion 29 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: to that too. Sometimes when we are pulling the emotional 30 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: load or even carrying the weight of hope solely on 31 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: our shoulders, it can be exhausting. There's so many reasons 32 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: that exhaust us. Sometimes it's purely biological. You know, you 33 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: might be catching up on a lifetime of sleep. If 34 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: you've been struggling with ruminating thoughts or some unprocessed experiences 35 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: for decades, well then your body has never really been 36 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: at rest. So you might find that for a year 37 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: or two you are sleeping a lot more, or you 38 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: might rearrange your social life to be able to create 39 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: the space for the level of tiredness that you are. 40 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: When you're in a season of deep healing, there's a 41 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of reasons, a lot of different experiences. 42 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: But I did have an episode a couple seasons ago, 43 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: and the name of the episode is Healing Fatigue. So 44 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: if this is kind of registering with you on where 45 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: you're at or where you've been and you kind of 46 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: want to dive into those thoughts more deeply, please check 47 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: out that previous episode. So the last couple of weeks 48 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: have been really kind of interesting and spacious for me 49 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: in terms of the way I'm kind of redeveloping my 50 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: daily routine to be in support of the creative projects 51 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: that I have right now. So some of you may 52 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: know I announced on my Instagram that I have a 53 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: book releasing next year. It's called Living in Wisdom, and 54 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: I'm releasing it with GCP Balance, And so I'm in 55 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: the thick of all things book and getting so excited 56 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: to just get everything that I've been working on for 57 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: the last few years to you. So that is one 58 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: piece that I wanted to kind of approach a lot 59 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: differently this second go round. My first book, Crystal Bliss. 60 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: I wrote that book. I think I wrote it in 61 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. It was published twenty seventeen, and I remember 62 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: the process of writing that book, and that book is 63 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: very different from the one I'm working on now. But 64 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 1: when I was writing that little Baby, it was so 65 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: hard because I was still juggling like a media career. 66 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: I was juggling being an entrepreneur who had just launched 67 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: their own business and wellness and I was I believe 68 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: at that no, I was pregnant for the book tour, 69 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: but I was. Yeah, I was juggling all the things. 70 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: I had made a cross country move, and so it 71 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: was one of the most stressful experiences of my existence 72 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: writing that book, and I think I managed to. I 73 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: actually wrote it in right around I think ten weeks, 74 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: so two and a half months, and I was writing 75 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: just non stop. It really challenging experience, but got it done, 76 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: very proud. But when I came getting ready to write 77 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: this book. And as I'm writing this book, I'm also 78 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: in tandem working on another project I'm so excited about 79 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: that I cannot mention yet. But I'm working on something 80 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: that I am just so beyond creatively inspired about doing, 81 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: and I'm working on it with another person who just 82 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: like deeply deeply inspires me with their work and their creativity, 83 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: and so it's kind of like this match made in heaven, 84 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: and it feels like just it's expanding me in so 85 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: many different ways. So these two kind of pillars of 86 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: the next year of my life, I really realized required 87 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: two different ways of me showing up for myself on 88 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: a physical, emotional, mental, spiritual level, and also in the 89 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: way that I show up to my work. It's very 90 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: different than how I've been maneuvering the last couple of years. 91 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: Kind of really steeped in a lot of work that 92 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: requires a lot of communication with a lot of different 93 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: people all day long, and so I wanted, you know, 94 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: I realized in June, which is when I really come 95 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: very creatively alive, right around my kind of birthday portal, 96 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: I realized that I was calling in a completely new 97 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: way of being creatively, and so I kind of gave 98 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: myself this summer to figure out how my brain likes 99 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: to work best in relation to creativity, you know, summoning 100 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: something up from nothing. And it felt really good where 101 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: I landed there. I kind of I started kind of 102 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: tweaking my meditation practice a little bit. I would start 103 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: at about an hour of meditation in the morning. But 104 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: this past summer is when I really started kind of 105 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: expanding my practice to have longer maudra sessions, to work 106 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: with opening different energy channels and my body through the 107 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: use of my hands. That is part of using maudras 108 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: and a meditation practice. There are different positions that you 109 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: put your fingers and your hands in and your palms 110 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: in for the benefits that it can really bring you. 111 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: Within meditation, I had started working with some new mantras 112 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: and listening to some different music within the wheelhouse of 113 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: music I like to use spiritually, so a lot of 114 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: like Vedic chants and different mantras, and so I've been 115 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: kind of perfecting that and just seeing what my spirit 116 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: wants to feast on. Now, you know, what are the 117 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: tools at this level and depth of my personal growth 118 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: and my growth as a teacher and in my work. 119 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: You know, what are the things that are really making 120 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: me become creatively alive now? And it was so interesting 121 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: to experience the differences and that specifically the differences and 122 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: what kind of got me going, what turned me on 123 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: to work in the last couple of years versus what 124 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: does it now? And so much has changed around how 125 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: I kind of maneuver in the world with my physical 126 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: body and the way that I show up for myself 127 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: and my vitality. So I've been kind of just kind 128 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: of more so passively working on that over the summer, 129 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: implementing small changes. And then this fall is when I 130 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: kind of went into hyperdrive, Like I knew I was 131 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: getting ready to start the bulk of the refinement of 132 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: things that I had been writing. In October is when 133 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: I was able to dive into that second project. And 134 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: so I started really going into hyperdrive this fall. So 135 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: I amped up my physical practice. That really started a 136 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: very very disciplined practice with a cold plunge. I got 137 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: a cold plunge at my house last year, and so 138 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: every day I do about six minutes of cold plunge 139 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: for me and my needs and the way that my 140 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: brain works. I never imagined I'd be someone who would 141 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: willingly be cold. Let me just say that off top. 142 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: Never did I think I would be someone I despise 143 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: the cold, like I remember when I lived in New 144 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: York many years ago, it got to eight degrees one 145 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: morning and I was walking to work. This is when 146 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: I worked at Sirius and I only lived like a 147 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: few blocks away. I was walking to work and I 148 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: just started bawling, and I was like, I'm not built 149 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: for this. I don't want to be built for this. 150 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: She loves the sun, and I remember the tears froze 151 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: on my cheeks anyway, So I never thought I'd like 152 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: the cold, But for the way my brain is wired, 153 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: I have found that working with cold therapy and doing 154 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: breath work as I'm in the plunge, it has taught 155 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: me so many new things about myself and my capacity 156 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: to hold discomfort and also my capacity to find pleasure 157 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: within discomfort. But it's really let my brain be so 158 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: active and sharp, and it's released a lot of like 159 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: natural stress. It's truly been helping the way that I think. 160 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: So I'm really digging that. So I started doing that 161 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: in the fall, started getting a lot more kind of 162 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: intense with some of my physical practice and yoga and pilates, 163 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: and I just knew that my brain needed me to 164 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: support it in new ways. It is always kind of 165 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: tough for me to stay on track with one thing. 166 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: I think about everything all the time, and so some 167 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: of those physical practices have just they've just really changed 168 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: me for the better. So I feel really grateful for 169 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: my ability to stay present in those as I as 170 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: I kind of learned and start to get good at it, 171 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: and you know, my intention is to master it. So 172 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: that has felt amazing. And the next part of that process, 173 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: which leads me to really the root of the root 174 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: of this show, is that I reorganized my office to 175 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: really support the way my thoughts and inspirations flow at 176 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: this time, and it was very revolutionary for me, and 177 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: it brought to light so many memories of past versions 178 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: of myself. So I've been working like working, working since 179 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: I was around sixteen. While I was still in high school, 180 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: I was working two jobs, and then in college, I 181 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: was typically working two jobs and also doing two internships 182 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: and going to school. And then when I started my 183 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: professional career, I was always kind of at the start 184 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: of that, I was working in entertainment very young, but 185 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: I also had a lot of operasortunity to do to 186 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: have a big life really young. I had a really 187 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: big life and that started at a very young age, 188 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: and which means for me that it's complex. I'm having 189 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: the experiences of probably ten people in this lifetime, and 190 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm always kind of doing a lot of different things 191 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: at once, but having very elevated experiences in every kind 192 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: of arena that I was in, whether that was in 193 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: community work in the city and broadcasting and underground hip hop, 194 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: in interviewing and journalism, and then also as a healer 195 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: and in wellness and in all the different, you know, 196 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,959 Speaker 1: kind of education programs that I've done over the last 197 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: couple of decades. So with that, I just had a 198 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: lot of boxes filled with a lot of thoughts from 199 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: things that I've built over the years, talks I've given, speaking, 200 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: I've done, curriculums, I've built things that I've created, meditations, 201 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: I've written. It, just a lot of different kinds of thoughts, 202 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: and I think I'm someone that, especially as a mom 203 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: and someone whose brain is always incredibly active, I've never 204 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: really sat down to take stock of my life and 205 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: really feel proud of things I've created, and especially things 206 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: I've created that people didn't really get, that may not 207 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: have been celebrated in their time or even understood in 208 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: their time. But I look back and I say, wow, 209 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: you were you know, you really heard God, that you 210 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: were really tapped in then to who you were supposed 211 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: to be. And there is no measure of success for that. 212 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: To me. My measure of success is did I follow 213 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: directions from creator. You know, my level of success to 214 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: me is not if other people get it, not if 215 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: it's popular, not if it takes off. But did I 216 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: listen when I was supposed to listen? And did I 217 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: act when I was supposed to act? And so as 218 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: I kind of looked through these I had these kind 219 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: of you know those giant type or bins you get 220 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: from Target or the container store. I had these huge 221 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: black bends and I usually kind of organized my house 222 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: in a deep dive every quarter. I think I mentioned 223 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: on a previous episode that David Beckham and I from 224 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: His Dock are very similar in the way we are 225 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: obsessive organizers. And so I remember I had got all 226 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: those documents and all these boxes and boxes of experiences 227 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: really programs and writings and all the things out of 228 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: storage a couple of years ago, and with my organizer Julie, 229 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: we had put them all in these boxes, and I 230 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: was like, one day, I'm going to get through those, 231 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: but I just needed to be pretty for now. So 232 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: it took me. I say all this to say, it 233 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: took me two weeks and I got through all of 234 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: the boxes, and I went through every box paper by paper, 235 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: and like a mass. The's enormous piles and like a 236 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: couple of file drawers full, and I just sat and 237 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: I really organized. It felt like I organized my purpose 238 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: and I saw the line. I had already seen it 239 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: and understood it, but I actually got to kind of 240 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: travel back in time and get into the fibers of 241 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: all the ways my purpose, what I know and believe 242 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: to be my purpose at this point in time, all 243 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: the ways it's moved through my life at all the 244 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: different junctures, and whether I was broken at the time, 245 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: healed at the time, had expertise at the time or not, 246 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: whether I was doubting myself at the time or showing up, 247 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: as you know, in all of my strength at the time. 248 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: The thing that was always clear to me was that 249 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: I listened. I listened, I listened, I heard the call, 250 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: and I did it. I did it. I did it, 251 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: and I did it in the exact ways that I 252 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,719 Speaker 1: was supposed to. And you know, even looking back on 253 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: some things that I remember after I did it, I 254 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: was like, all right, I'm not going to look at 255 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: this again. I look back and I was like, oh 256 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: my god, you did that. You know, all the things, 257 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: just all the all the kind of moments that kind 258 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 1: of come up when you sit with yourself with grace 259 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: and without judgment and with reverence for who you are 260 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: and what you managed to do in this life. And 261 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: so getting all that organized, you know, it kind of 262 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: led me to a couple thoughts. One, I felt really 263 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: grateful for many of my experiences in the last few years, 264 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: most especially all of the incredible work that we did 265 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: at Chopra during the pandemic. You know, I've mentioned this 266 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: a couple of times on the show, but I think 267 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: for me, this year of my life has really been 268 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: in service to processing the two years of the pandemic 269 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: and kind of resting from them. In a lot of ways. 270 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: I took the year off hosting retreats and doing a 271 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: lot of the intensive teaching that I've been doing for 272 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: the last four years. Because of that, I really needed 273 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: to work in new ways and work on different things 274 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: and rest And I was looking at it and it 275 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: was just I was like my God. Like I remember 276 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: in the early days of the pandemic, Deepak and I 277 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: were taking so many meetings on behalf of you know, 278 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: his mind blowing incredible work and the company and our 279 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: mission to democratize well being. You know, we were just 280 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: constantly talking to different corporations, guiding meditations, giving talks, giving lectures, 281 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: giving teaches. We created campaigns with Clubhouse, and I remember 282 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: I woke up every day for thirty days to lead meditation, 283 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: lead a discussion amongst you know, five other people in 284 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: Clubhouse each morning for an hour, and doing all the lives, 285 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: doing all the meditations on the app, and doing the retreats, 286 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: and doing all of the teaching for my own company 287 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,479 Speaker 1: and for Karma Gang shout out to all my girls 288 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: and Karma Bliss. And you know, it was just kind 289 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: of like, Wow, I'm grateful. I'm so grateful. I gave 290 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: a lot and I learned a lot, and I felt 291 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: like God stretched my heart's capacity to love, to both 292 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: give and receive love in so many different ways. It 293 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: was just an extraordinary time in my life, but an 294 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: absolutely exhaustive and profoundly challenging time as well. And so 295 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: just kind of looking at that and saying, wow, I 296 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: haven't looked at any of this in a couple of years, 297 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: but wow, wow, oh, you know, and it led me 298 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: to the next thought, which was the pace of growth, 299 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 1: you know, the kind of growth we're able to have 300 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: access to, and the way that we can look at 301 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: it and feel it as it's happening, and then the 302 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: gift of being able to kind of look back at 303 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: the mechanics of it when we're on the other side 304 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: of it. You know, we can see it clearly. We 305 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: can reverse engineer it a little bit. We can find 306 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: ways to deepen in it, find ways to gift the 307 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: roots of it to another, you know, to blueprint it 308 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: for someone else deeply. Well. The timeline of our growth 309 00:20:52,119 --> 00:21:00,719 Speaker 1: can vary based on how open, receptive, willing are to 310 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: do whatever work we're called to in the time and 311 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: to make whatever choices, no matter how difficult or layered 312 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: they are, in the time that we're supposed to make them. 313 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: I was on Twitter, which, by the way, shout out 314 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: to everybody on threads. I am so feeling threads. It 315 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: feels like what Twitter used to be, where you're really 316 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: having an exchange and dialogue with others, and it feels, 317 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: you know, a little safer, like people are being respectful 318 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: on threads, and so I'm digging. I'm digging life over 319 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,479 Speaker 1: there right now. But something I tweeted earlier today was 320 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: sometimes our cycles of growth and learning can feel glacial. 321 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: Other times it feels as if we are being hurled 322 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: into a new self at full speed. Healing can happen 323 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: in a decade, or it can happen in the blink 324 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: of an eye. I've found that our openness and willingness 325 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 1: to receive and accept determine the timeframe. As I looked 326 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: back on these various versions of myself in the last 327 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: you know, really kind of twenty working years of my life, 328 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: I could also see, you know, who I was, who 329 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: I wasn't, who I was becoming, who I was trying 330 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: to be, who I thought I was, you know, all 331 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: the different ways that we try ourselves on over and 332 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: over and over again, and all the ways that if 333 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: we're aware of ourselves, we kind of fight ourselves over 334 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: and over and over again. And so to that thought, 335 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: the pace of growth, you know, spending some time with 336 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: really identifying for yourself, what are some of those patterns 337 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: in your life? And we have so many, right you 338 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: have your deeper grooved patterns, which are some of those behaviors, 339 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 1: some of those ways of being that really affect your 340 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,239 Speaker 1: life and the quality of relationship you're able to have 341 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: with others. In all the different spectors of your life. 342 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 1: And then we have those other kind of smaller patterns 343 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: which may you know, kind of be around how we 344 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: show up for ourselves or not, how we you know, 345 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: make certain kinds of choices or not. But it really 346 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: is so interesting once you get into a practice with 347 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: whatever your patterns are, the sooner you can identify them 348 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: and really just observe them without judgment, coming into an 349 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: acceptance of them, the sooner you can work and participate 350 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: with the energy. I feel like sometimes all healing ass 351 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: of us is for our participation. It just wants us 352 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: to turn on that creator switch and really commit to 353 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: the fact that life is happening and we are at 354 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: play with it. We are in a dance with it. 355 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: Sometimes the song is sad, sometimes the song is best. 356 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: Sometimes the song is a slow instrumental. Sometimes the song 357 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: is really exciting. Sometimes it's a love song. You know, 358 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: but we're all dancing to whatever rhythm is currently present, 359 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: and it's just so important to acknowledge and accept that 360 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: so you can participate with it. That is the entire 361 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: point of being here. And when I say here, I 362 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: mean earth. When I say here, I mean in your 363 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: human body. Having your spiritual experience. When I say here, 364 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: I mean living alive, existing, We are alive to create 365 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: within it's choices, it's participation. And so when we kind 366 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: of get into that groove with ourselves and with our 367 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: patterns and with the way life moves through us, we 368 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: then get the opportunity to say, how long do I 369 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: want to suffer? Or how long do I want to 370 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: be stuck? Or how long do I want to stand 371 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 1: still in whatever this current moment is. Answer is always 372 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: different for each of us. Whatever the you know, kind 373 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: of catalyzing experience we're after, and that experience, it's different 374 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: for each of us. But the timeline can change. And 375 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: the timeline is based on choice. It's based on action, 376 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: It's based on acceptance, it's based on surrender. The formula 377 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: is surrender and acceptance. You know, I think the question 378 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: that's always going through the internet, and most definitely the 379 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: question I get asked a lot, is what's the hack? 380 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: What's the growth hack? You know, what's the hack for healing? 381 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: There's no hack, but there is a formula. And the 382 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: formula is surrendered, its acceptance and its participation. And I 383 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: think when we have some of those patterns that we 384 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: realize are our thing that we find ourselves back in, 385 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: or you know, even if it's not a pattern, if 386 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: it's just healing a limiting belief, or if it's a 387 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: barrier that we're ready to take down, you know, something 388 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 1: that is stopping us from being more of ourselves or 389 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: you know, answering our unique call, whatever that is. When 390 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:01,360 Speaker 1: we recognize it, and we all have many, our participation 391 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: decides whether or not we want to keep kind of 392 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: looping around that experience for ten years, or if we 393 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: want to kind of knock it out in an afternoon 394 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: or a week even you know, that is possible, that 395 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: really is possible. Many years ago, I was in one 396 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: of the teacher trainings that I did in spiritual psychology, 397 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: and I was in that program for three years, and 398 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: I remember, I think it was like a year or two. 399 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: We were doing we were doing a partnered facilitation. We 400 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: were doing like a gestal experience on one another, and 401 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: then we were giving feedback after we each facilitated the other, 402 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: and my partner said to me, you know, Debbie, healing 403 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: can happen in the twinkle of an eye. And something 404 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: about the way she said that to me struck me 405 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 1: in a way I never imagine. And I was like 406 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 1: the twinkle of an eye, you know. And there were 407 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: past versions of me that believed, you know, in earning 408 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: everything or in having to like pain through something, you know, 409 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: it always having to come through pain. That thought what 410 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: in the disney like, what are you saying the twinkle 411 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: of an eye? And then I really closed my eyes 412 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: and I thought about her words, and I thought about 413 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: what the experience is of seeing the twinkle and an 414 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: eye of another or seeing a star twinkle in the sky, 415 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: and I thought, my God, that's it, Like that is profound, 416 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: that is stunning, that is gorgeous wisdom. And it's true. 417 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: It's true because there is no such thing as time 418 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: for God. So if you want to take the long 419 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: way or if you want to get right to it, 420 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: it's solely your choice. God is not judging the time. 421 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: It's eternity, right, it's forever. So God doesn't know if 422 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: you're taking forever you're moving quickly. But based on our 423 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: earthly reality and experience, that's where we get to gauge 424 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: how long we want to be with something. And so yeah, 425 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: you know, when we come into a surrender, when we 426 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: come into an acceptance, and when we choose to participate 427 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: with something, whatever our something is, it can lift quickly 428 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: the awareness, the remedy, the balm, the healing for it 429 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 1: can come in. And then the universe gives you with 430 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: experiences right away to be in practice with whatever that is. 431 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: And by being in practice, I mean when you come 432 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: to an understanding, you choose to engage with it, you 433 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: say you want to transcend it, or you want to 434 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: you know, take action immediately. The universe conspires for you 435 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: and then offers you different experiences, whether that is a conversation, 436 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: whether that is a conflict, whether that is love, whether 437 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: that is a work opportunity or something you're creating, something 438 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: you see, something you read, you know, And they don't 439 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: all have to be a big deal. Sometimes it's like 440 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: the tiny little things and sometimes it's the big booms, 441 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: but you're immediately greeted with the chance to come into 442 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: relationship with that healing and it can move quickly. I've 443 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: had experiences in my life where something has taken me 444 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: ten years to get to transcend, to heal, to become 445 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: really aware of, and I've had other experiences where I've 446 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: been able to have that same level of healing and 447 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: that same level of experience and that same level of 448 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: freedom in an afternoon because I said yes to being 449 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: with the truth of something and took action. And so 450 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: it's just I don't know, it was really it was 451 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: gorgeous to have some of these remembrances in the last 452 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: couple of weeks and also to share them here now 453 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: with you. You know, healing is exhausting. Changing your life 454 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: is exhausting. It's confusing, it's challenging, it doesn't make any sense, 455 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: and sometimes you want to completely give up. You want 456 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: to say no, you want to say something else is easier. 457 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: But easy and ease are very different things. And I 458 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: have always experienced that when I've said yes to something 459 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: I know I need to say yes to no matter 460 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: the challenge, ease comes to me. Ease and grace floods 461 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: into my life, floods, floods, floods into my life, Thank 462 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: you God. And when I don't because I think it 463 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: would be too hard and it would be quote unquote 464 00:31:54,040 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: easier to not, life gets harder and more challenge. Just 465 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: come in and God, I've said this before. You know, 466 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: God will come at you in a whisper. And if 467 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: you don't listen. God will catch your fade. God will 468 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: You'll get a punch in the face. And so you know, 469 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: I'm just always like, I don't want it to come 470 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: through pain anymore. I want it to come through beauty. 471 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: I wanted to come through the twinkle of an eye, 472 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: through delight, through joy, through pleasure, through acceptance deeply well, 473 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: so yeah, those were some of my thoughts this week 474 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: that I really wanted to share. And I think for 475 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: the soul work part of this really lean into knowing 476 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: your pace of growth? What has your pace of growth 477 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: been historical context, think of some of the you know, 478 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: bigger things in your life that you've transcended or currently 479 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: in the in the midst of trends. And I want 480 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: you to really think of when did you first get 481 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: the intuition to start exploring that piece? Did you listen? 482 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: If you didn't listen, when did you get the invitation again? 483 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: And this time did it come more challenging, a little 484 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: bit louder? You know, how did it show up for you? 485 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: Did you listen if not, did it come again? If 486 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: you did, what happened next? You know, how long until 487 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: a new experience? So just begin looking back and kind 488 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: of taking a few notes and taking stock of the 489 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: way growth moves in your life and the way growth 490 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: moves in your life when you listen to your intuition 491 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: right away when you don't again, there's no judgment for 492 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: any of this, Like, we're all just here trying our 493 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 1: best for however long we're allowed to be here, you know. 494 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: So there is no real reward or kind of standing 495 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: getting your gold medal while you're here on earth. So 496 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 1: don't weigh yourself down with like judgment as you evaluate 497 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: or absurd but look at it and then see how 498 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: you engineer your healing best in your life. You know, 499 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: if you are able to take action when you first 500 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: hear the call, If you hear the call and you're 501 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 1: able to trust it and trust your life and believe 502 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: yourself right away, then how do things move? You know? 503 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: And just keep a journal about it, start to notice it. 504 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: Take the year to do it, you know, we're not 505 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: in a race. But spend time with them and see 506 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: what happens. I think you will enjoy it. Okay, before 507 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: I close out the show, I want to tell you 508 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: something really cool that I have the chance to do. 509 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: So I believe maybe two three seasons Ago, I had 510 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: an absolutely amazing astrologist on named Renee Sills. So. Renee 511 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: is the founder and astrologer for Embodied Astrologers. She came 512 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: on the show a couple of years ago, and she 513 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: was so fascinating. You should really check out this episode. 514 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: She came on the show and shared so many things 515 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: about evolutionary astrology, and part of her story that was 516 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,160 Speaker 1: so fascinating to me was that her mother was actually 517 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: a therapist and an astrologist, and this was back I believe. 518 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: Sorry if you're listening, Renee, I don't mean to date you, 519 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 1: but I think her mother was doing this and you know, 520 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: maybe the eighties nineties, maybe seventies, eighties nineties in her childhood, 521 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 1: and how much that kind of positively impacted her childhood 522 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: and the way she was able to step into her 523 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,560 Speaker 1: purpose and path. And I mean, the way she creates 524 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 1: her work is just beautiful. I love her language. The 525 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 1: way she kind of speaks to things and explains things 526 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: speaks to my brain and just the right way. And 527 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: so the way she works with astrology I found to 528 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:52,080 Speaker 1: be incredibly useful for myself and my life, especially where 529 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: it comes to some of that reparenting work and also 530 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 1: where it comes to just kind of career and forecasting 531 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: how to maximize on the energetic potential that's available. So 532 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,360 Speaker 1: Renee has at Embodied Astrology. Every year she comes out 533 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: with the year's forecast. So this year she released and 534 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: I think we're at the top of February now, so 535 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 1: very early in the year, she released a twenty twenty 536 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: four year review forecast for what to really look out 537 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,359 Speaker 1: for in this next year, what some of the themes are. 538 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: And she does it for each sign and Renee says, 539 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: to choose your rising sign, to choose which packet you 540 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: would download for yourself. And so I do this every year, 541 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: and I've also used another beautiful astrology system to do this. 542 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: And this year, I remember I thought about Renee and 543 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 1: I was like, you know, I really want to see 544 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: if Embodied Astrology has an offering like this, and they did, 545 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: so I ordered it for my signs. I like to 546 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: read all of them. I like to read all three 547 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: of my signs, my Sun, my Moon, and my rising 548 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: And about a day or two days later, Renee actually 549 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 1: reached out and said, hey, I want you. I want 550 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: to give you one of my year in review and 551 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: if you like it, you know, if you would share it, 552 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,720 Speaker 1: And I was like, g I just bought this, yes, 553 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 1: So anyway, so we connected. I got the year forecast 554 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty four for all of my signs. So 555 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: I'm working with Gemini and Leo because I'm a double 556 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: for one. So I was looking at the all of 557 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 1: the all of the astrology for both Gemini and Leo, 558 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,239 Speaker 1: and I was really blown away by the way she 559 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: presents her work. It was such a pleasure to read 560 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: through both and both resonated with me deeply. Dear God, 561 00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: I have to buckle up for this year. Oh my god. Yeah, 562 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,040 Speaker 1: I gotta buckle up. There's a lot going on but 563 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: me and the best way. So humbly, I'm grateful and 564 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm excited for, you know, every challenge and opportunity and 565 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,160 Speaker 1: delight that comes my way. But what I loved about 566 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,319 Speaker 1: the way that Renee does her system is that she 567 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 1: gives you one her expertise through her intuition. So you 568 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: get this intuitive astrology read in part one, and in 569 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: part two you get a very deep breakdown of the 570 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,919 Speaker 1: specific transits that are happening in the sky for your 571 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 1: sign and what that means for you. And when it 572 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: comes to astrology, I'm a transit girl. Like I love, love, 573 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: love love kind of making magic with some of the transits. 574 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,520 Speaker 1: So I love this for us. And if you're interested 575 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,560 Speaker 1: in anything that I just shared, I want to let 576 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: you know that I'm not getting paid for this. But 577 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: Renee did refund me my initial purchase that I had 578 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: made of her work. She refunded my initial purchase and 579 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 1: gave it to me for free. There's a sliding scale 580 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:08,919 Speaker 1: for this. I love it, and she offered to give 581 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: me a code so that everyone that listens to this 582 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: show can get a discount. So I wanted to share 583 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 1: that with you. Now. I think that this is a 584 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: useful tool. Again, I'm not receiving any compensation for this, 585 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,840 Speaker 1: aside from the fact that Renee did refund my purchase. 586 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 1: So I got my readings for free. You can download 587 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 1: them onto wherever you download and you can either listen 588 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 1: to it as audio or you can read it. I'm 589 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,279 Speaker 1: someone that has to see words on papers, so I 590 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,160 Speaker 1: got I did the transcript option and I kind of 591 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 1: printed everything out because that's kind of lady I am. 592 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: And I read through everything and so yeah, I think 593 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: you'll dig it. So she recommends doing it for your 594 00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,439 Speaker 1: rising sign. I like to do it for the mall. 595 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: I really find that I resonate a lot with my 596 00:39:56,120 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: moon sign especially and my rising sign, so a lot 597 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: of Leo Gemini energy in my life. So if you're 598 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,239 Speaker 1: interested in getting those for yourself, you can download them 599 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,879 Speaker 1: on her website, Embodied Astrology, and the code to use 600 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:17,160 Speaker 1: at checkout is Debbie twenty twenty four, So Debbie two 601 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,120 Speaker 1: zero two four that is your code to get your 602 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:26,279 Speaker 1: discount on Embodied Astrology dot com. Renee Sills, thank you 603 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: so much, so excited to continue to dive into that 604 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,200 Speaker 1: throughout the year. All right, that is it, don't forget 605 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:38,399 Speaker 1: your soul work, and we are back next week. Thank 606 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: you so much for listening, then for joining me. Please 607 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 1: tag me on ig at Deeply Well pod. Thank you 608 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,759 Speaker 1: for all the shares, all the ratings, all the reviews, 609 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: and hit me up on ig at. Debbie Brown. No 610 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: I'm as stay, I'm at stay, I'm mistay. 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