1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: From grandmothers who whispered in their baby girl ill to 2 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: fathers on dimly lit street commers instructing young soldiers to 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: always keep their eyes open. You be queen, you will fire, 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: you will pass through centuries. On the hands of your daughters. 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: They called you wisdom. Proverbs on the backs of diamond 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: eyed school children who grew into hymnals recited by amethysts 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: holding urban philosophers who recited neighborhood commandments out of the 8 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: windows of restored alchimedo chariots to keep the warmth of 9 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: their blood. Be wise, be smart, being black, Opal Brown 10 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: courts bloodstone and prayer. Be every form of jim see 11 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: king told, scribe, scribe, told son, son, told wife, wife 12 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: told her daughter, and daughter told the ant, and the 13 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: emphasis told me that you would come to give wisdom. 14 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: Thousands They said you would come, Dropping Dropping the Gem. Hi, 15 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of The Dropping Gem's podcast, 16 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: Your Soft Place to Land, where we are always investigating ourselves, 17 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: investigating the world, and then applying those lessons in real 18 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: time so that we can live the lives that feel 19 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 1: really good and really purposeful. I'm Debbie Brown, and this 20 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: episode I want to talk all about the healing importance 21 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: of beauty and creativity. My mind really got moving this 22 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: week as I was thinking about, you know, those feelings, 23 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: and I'm going to kind of speak to men and 24 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: women on this in a little bit of different ways. 25 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: But you know that feeling you get when you finally 26 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: get to get rest, like look really good, or for me, 27 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: I experienced that sometimes it's like when you get your 28 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: eyebrows done or fresh car washed. For some reason, that 29 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: just amplifies a little pep in my step. And I 30 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: know for some guys that could be like getting your haircut, 31 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: getting your lineup, getting that car wash. And I was 32 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: thinking how how really simple it is sometimes to give 33 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: ourselves that little umph, that little that we might find 34 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: ourselves needing, and how important it is to take time 35 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: for those little moments for ourselves to really get up, 36 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: to feel a little clear, a little more cleaned off, 37 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: maybe even a little more beautiful, attractive, manicured, you know, 38 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: and really the effect that that has mentally, physically, emotionally, 39 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: and spiritually on us. So I want to dive into 40 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: that a little bit, but I'm going to start off 41 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: by sharing something that happened this week. So this week 42 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: I had the chance to go check out the premiere 43 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: for Creed three, which is Michael B. Jordan's latest film, 44 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: his directorial debut, and also the movie start incredible actors 45 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: like Tessa Thompson Jonathan Majors who was absolutely phenomenal, and 46 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: I had a chance to do the red carpet for 47 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: that premiere. Big shout out to my Chase sat Byre family. 48 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: And it was such perfect timing for me because I 49 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: had spent a couple of weeks. I'm a mom of 50 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: assumed to be five year old boy, I have a business, 51 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: a couple businesses. I always traveling for work, and so 52 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: I had hit a little bit of a personal slump 53 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: with myself, which happens to me sometimes in winter. I'm 54 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: very sensitive to the changes of the seasons. And it 55 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: was just NonStop raining in La for a couple of weeks. 56 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: I had every single day I was wearing, you know, 57 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: sweatpants and a baggy shirt and hair in a top 58 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: knot like big mom style and my little one. You know, 59 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: it's that time of the year where kids are just 60 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: getting sick at school left and right, and you know, 61 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: so there were just lots of couch cuddles in my 62 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: life and lots of tea and lots of watching Disney classics, 63 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: and so I started to feel just kind of personally 64 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: really stagnant. You know. I felt like I'm in my 65 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: sweatpants every day. I'm kind of going back and forth 66 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: in this pouring rain, got you know, tyling all in 67 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: hand all the things. And it's like those moments, especially 68 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: when weeks or months go by and you might be 69 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: in a groove like that, it is really kind of 70 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: natural to forget yourself in some ways, and to not 71 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: really even realize that you forget yourself. You kind of 72 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: just acclimate to the flow of your life and before 73 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: you know it, you're just like, wait a minute, where 74 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: am I? Who am I? So that's kind of how 75 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: I was feeling, and it happens. But I was really 76 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: craving an opportunity to be in my creativity, craving an 77 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: opportunity to kind of come to life. And I got 78 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: that when I got to go to check out this wonderful, 79 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: really incredible film and do the Red carpet, and so 80 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: I had a really fun experience. And I used to 81 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: do stuff like this when I worked in entertainment, but 82 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: it's been a while and so I had my glam 83 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: team come over and I had incredible hair and makeup. 84 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: Thank you lay, thank you Shannon, thank you Becca for 85 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: the styling. And I had the chance to just be 86 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: really done up and be in that beautiful energy with 87 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: other amazing women, and we were just flooded and beauty, 88 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: getting ready and then being able to hit the red carpet. 89 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: And sometimes we need moments like that to just remind 90 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: us of ourselves. We need moments like that to really 91 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: amplify what is naturally present, you know, to really nourish 92 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: some of our our poise, our gifts, our abilities, and 93 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,799 Speaker 1: use beauty in doing that. And I was thinking quite 94 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: a bit about how it used to feel when I 95 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: was a teenager kind of discovering those things for myself. 96 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: As we learn to do our hair or you know, 97 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: figure out different beauty routines or you know, for some 98 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: of us, especially if you have curly hair, it's really 99 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: like finding your hair recipe, which takes like a decade 100 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: of figuring out what products work for you, what styles 101 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: work for you. But the creativity that's a part of 102 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: that is what really enlivens us. Then I was thinking 103 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: back to moments of just being younger and being with 104 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: girlfriends and wearing face masks together, you try out that 105 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: personal style, you go, you know, swap clothes, trade outfits. 106 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: And it felt really nice to sit in the youngness 107 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: of some of those memories, and it really got me 108 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: thinking about intentionally placing more moments like that in my 109 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: life and really connecting with friends to do that. So 110 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: we talk a lot on this show about tools, right, 111 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: about self care practices, about honoring ourselves and our journey 112 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: and what are the things that we can place in 113 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: our day. And I think it is really easy, especially 114 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: if you find yourself on the healing journey or on 115 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: the spiritual journey, to just really spend a lot of 116 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: our time focusing on the spiritual aspect of things, and 117 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: focusing on the journaling and the meditation and some of 118 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: those really powerful tools. But another part that's really beautiful 119 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: and expansive, it's finding opportunities to expand on our individual humanity, 120 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, bringing some of that devotion and that divinity 121 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: down to the actual practices we use to stay fresh 122 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: and clean as beans. And so when I talk about 123 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: self practices and when I'm out teaching, you know, I 124 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: really love leaning into sharing some of my favorite practices 125 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: to connect to the body, which can be like doing 126 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: dry brushing on your skin, taking those epsom salt bags 127 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: baths and you know, don't forget to use the whole 128 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: bagsis like taking time to do gasha on your face. 129 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: And that's when you use either a tool that's made 130 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: of stone or crystal, or even sometimes it's made of 131 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: brass or copper or surgical steel, and you do those 132 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: techniques on your face or you use them to really 133 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: drain your limps and your body, and all of those 134 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: techniques really allow us to be with our bodies in 135 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: new ways. So I really recommend that if you haven't 136 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: expanded in that practice yet, take a second to grab 137 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: a pin if you want to kind of drop some 138 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: of this down, if you have a journal nearby. But 139 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 1: a great way to start really nourishing your body is 140 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: to create a practice where a few days a week 141 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: you really set aside a little more time while you're bathing, 142 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: if that's possible for you, and set aside a little 143 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: more time as you're lotioning or as you're doing some 144 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: of that prep and just giving some intention to yourself 145 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: and an invitation to feel really beautiful however you look 146 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: that day, however, you know you're moving whatever flow you're 147 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: in with your body and your beauty, but being intentional 148 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: to kind of slow down in that process, to anoint 149 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: yourself in different ways. And so one of the ways 150 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: that I like to do that is a few times 151 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: a week, I will do some of what I just shared, 152 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: so that looks like, you know, having an intentional long 153 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: salt bath. Now, this isn't necessarily in place of your 154 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: shower or another way that you're bathing and cleansing yourself 155 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: intending to your hygiene. This is more so for the 156 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: spiritual benefits and so and the body benefits. And so 157 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: I like to take at minimum three times a week 158 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: very intentional salt bath. I usually do this in the 159 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: evening because that's when I'm able to grab a little 160 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: extra time after my kiddo goes to bed, and so 161 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: I'll do warm to hot bath. I'll put in about 162 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: two full bags of up some salt. I go really 163 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: hard with up some salt and maybe some magnesium flate 164 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: that really feels good for my body. And then I'll 165 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: say a little prayer over the water, and I'll kind 166 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: of set an intention of what I want to release 167 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: before I get into the water, and I use that 168 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: time to be without a phone, to light some incense, 169 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: light a candle, to maybe play some music. As I've 170 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: shared on this show many times, Selection Radio and Apple 171 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: Music by Joe k is my jam. I've been listening 172 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: for a few years. I probably listen to a selection 173 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: mix every single day for the last three years or so. 174 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 1: So I'll play that and then I'll get in the 175 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: water and I'll use that time to meditate and to 176 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: really let my body surrender and release. And when I 177 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: get out of the bath and i'll do dry brushing 178 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: before I get into the bath, I feel really restored 179 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: and replenished. And then I like to take a lot 180 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: of slow, intentional time to as I'm applying lotion or oils. 181 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: I love to use an iravatic oil for coffa and 182 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: also for pita, and I'll use my iravatic oils or 183 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: I'll use my really deeply moisturizing lotion, and I'll take 184 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: my time as I lotion my body. And that's why 185 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: for me, to evening is best for this. But as 186 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: I'm lotioning or oiling my body, I'm also taking time 187 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: to really investigate any areas that may be holding tension, 188 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: in any areas that may be just feeling tighter than normal, 189 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: and being able to do that kind of physical body scan. 190 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: And we've done a meditation body scan on this show 191 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: a few times, which is where you really kind of 192 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: get present, get still and track your body and the 193 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: feelings inside of it from the top of your crown 194 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: all the way to the tips of your toes and 195 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: you align that with your chakra system. But then to 196 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: also do that physically with your actual hands and your 197 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: movements and your ability to kind of find ways to 198 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: meet your own needs of whatever requires your attention. I 199 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: hold a lot of tension in the tops of my 200 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: shoulders and the connection point for my jaw, also in 201 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: my forearms, and sometimes in my ankles and my calves, 202 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: and so as I have time to kind of slow 203 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: down with my intention, I love to really spend time 204 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: kind of meeting and massaging and trying out different pressure 205 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: in those areas. And so I also love to do 206 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: that with my skincare routines. So when it comes to 207 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: actually putting on in essence and a serum and a 208 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: moisturizer on my face, taking the time to give yourself 209 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: a little more intention, to cultivate, to honor, to get 210 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: to know your individual radiant, unique beauty, to really take 211 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: time spending some slow moments with yourself, either nourishing or 212 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: finding and exploring the things that make you feel beautiful 213 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: about yourself. Notice your body, Notice your skin, Notice the 214 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: areas that sometimes for many different reasons, you may want 215 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: to look away from and choose to look Choose to 216 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: be with those parts of you. Choose to nourish those 217 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: parts of you, touch those parts that you spend time 218 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: with those parts of you. Ro So those intentional practices 219 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: can also include, you know, having a practice like that 220 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: for your hair, depending on what your individual hair story 221 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: is and what that journey has been, but you know, 222 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: identifying time a couple times a week to massage your scalp. 223 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: Something that I love doing is I have a brass 224 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: tool and also a meme comb made of wood that 225 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: I like to kind of very slowly scratch my scalp with, 226 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: and I veda it's meant to be incredibly stimulating for 227 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: your scalp, very nourishing for your hair, for your hair growth, 228 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: for your stress, opening up your crown chakra, and it 229 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: takes just a couple of minutes, but I'll spend time 230 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: really intentionally massaging my scalp a couple times a week, 231 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: usually after bedtime from a little one. This is also 232 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: for those that have asked on Twitter. I tweeted about 233 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: this recently. That's why I gave up TV for over 234 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: two years because I needed to reclaim some time to 235 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: figure out how to grow these practices to really honor 236 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: myself and my journey. And so TV had to go 237 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: because binge watching different shows was the time that I 238 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: needed for my self care. I needed that two hours 239 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: a night I might have watched a show instead of 240 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: doing that, I dedicated that to my self care practice. 241 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: And so that might be necessary for you finding the 242 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: time in some way that feels good. Now. What I 243 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: do also want to say about that is a lot 244 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: of times we find ourselves numbing a little in the evening. 245 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: And this is not a judgment, because whatever makes us 246 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: feel as distressed and as ready for bed and rest 247 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: as possible is the right choice for you. But I know, 248 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: very often because it's the easiest choice and the choice 249 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: we're kind of trained to make, we decide that at 250 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: the end of the night we'll throw on the TV, 251 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: throw on something mindless, just so we can kind of 252 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: exist and come down a little bit and regulate. So 253 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: when you trade maybe TV or movie watching for that 254 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: at night, and you replenish it with something like taking 255 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: an app some salt bath or doing an abayana, a 256 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: self massage with oil, or nourishing your scalp, spending time 257 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: with your hair with your skincare routine, or stretching, the 258 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: same effect happens time is a million, So you're regulating 259 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: in the same ways that kind of watching television at 260 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: the end of the night can feel really comforting and relaxing. 261 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: You're getting that same feeling from these practices, and you're 262 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: really honoring your body, mind, and soul and bringing them 263 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: to life in new ways. And you're cultivating and ability 264 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: to meet your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs at a 265 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: deeper level. So if you're looking for the time to 266 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: have some of the practices that we talk about here, 267 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: considering what the consider what the flow of your morning 268 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: and your evening looks like, and then see, you know, 269 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: what are the things that you're choosing to do with 270 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: that time and what need is it meeting for you? 271 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: At a fundamental level, like outside of maybe entertainment or laughing, 272 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: you know what, on a physical level, on a mental 273 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 1: and an emotional level, what are you noticing within yourself 274 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: that whatever that is is doing for you? And then 275 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: maybe spend some time and say, you know, is there 276 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: another practice that could feel more serving? Is there another 277 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 1: practice that could meet this need and also help me 278 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: grow on my spiritual journey or grow my spiritual life. 279 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: So those are some of the physical practices that I love, 280 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: and I was never you know, it was interesting, I 281 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: was never, as a younger person, a really beauty girl, 282 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: like I never was really never really had the chance 283 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: to get very involved in like makeup or hair stuff 284 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: like that as a teenager as a younger person, and 285 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: so that's something I began to have a lot of 286 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: fun with as an adult, I know where too much makeup. 287 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: Typically I love when I get to get dressed up 288 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: like hello premiere, But on a day to day basis, 289 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: I like a nice little bomb, a little cream. I 290 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 1: like to really spend a lot of time invested in 291 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: my skincare, kind of helping my skin come to life 292 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: a little bit more naturally. But diving into some of 293 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: that meets that need too, because it connects to your creativity. 294 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: And I think sometimes as women were either pushed to 295 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: focus too much on our beauty that it feels like 296 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: overwhelming and it's expensive, or we're told to be more 297 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 1: modest and not be so vain and focus on those things. 298 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: But cultivating our beauty is our birthright. It's part of 299 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: the experience of being human. Carrying about your hair, your skin, 300 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: the way that you feel it is important and it 301 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: ignites our creativity in new ways. And the way we 302 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: tend to our beauty does not have to be the 303 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: way for some of us when we were younger it 304 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: looked in you know, seventeen magazine or Ebony magazine. It 305 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: doesn't have to look like the way that capitalism and 306 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: TV pushes it on us, like buying things or having outfits, 307 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: or you know, having this kind of makeup and this 308 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: status symbol or having your hair done in this kind 309 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: of way. It's more about how do you get to 310 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: know your unique beauty. How do you get to know 311 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: your beautiful coral pattern or the way that your freckles 312 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: come out in the sun, or the way that your 313 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: skin changes in the seasons or responds to different motions 314 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: and different oils. You know, the beauty of journey, excuse me, 315 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: the journey of our beauty and our radiance. And this 316 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: is for both men and women, because for any for 317 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: any men that are listening, you are beautiful too, and 318 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: you have a beauty that really matters. And you know 319 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: it doesn't have to just be you a handsome or 320 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, you're a child of God as well. And 321 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: so there's so much beauty in your skin and in 322 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,360 Speaker 1: your body and in your hair that you get that 323 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: you deserve to get to know in a really gentle, 324 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: expansive way. So however you identify, beauty is a part 325 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: of what helps us heal, what helps us grow. So 326 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: often when I teach meditation and emotional regulation, it's about 327 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: connecting to the beauty of nature. I know many of 328 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: us hear that a lot, and we've talked about that 329 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: on this show. But the healing power of seeing beautiful 330 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: things is scientifically proven, which is why being in nature 331 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: to regulate or you know, there have been studies about 332 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: people in hospitals and the difference between the recovery of 333 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: someone from an illness or surgery. If you're able to 334 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: look out of the window in the hospital and see 335 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: a tree, or see the sun, or see clouds, or 336 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: have a healing garden at the hospital that you're staying at, 337 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: versus being in a hospital that's maybe surrounded by a 338 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: cityscape that in a room that doesn't have a window, 339 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: you heal slower. Your mental health takes quite a toll, 340 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: your physical, your emotional, your spiritual health. And so the 341 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: same way is that connecting with beauty for our healing 342 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: by looking in nature, by seeing things like mountains, waterfalls, skies, animals, sunshine. 343 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: We can connect to a deep healing like that by 344 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: finding and seeing and cultivating and tending to and spending 345 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: time with the beauty that uniquely resides inside each of 346 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: us and spending a little time creatively looking to bring 347 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 1: it to light. So when I had a chance earlier 348 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: this week to go to the through the Creed three 349 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: premiere and be on the red carpet and kind of 350 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: connect to beauty in a new way for me at 351 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: this stage in my life as a mother of an 352 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: almost five year old that it's really just focused on 353 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: work and motherhood, it reminded me of a piece of 354 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: me that I needed to reconnect to. It lit a 355 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: little bit of a creative fire under me to give 356 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: myself a little more pep in the step which nourished 357 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: my mental health, which nourished my emotional and spiritual health. 358 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: So I want you to consider finding a way to 359 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: do that for yourself. This week, we have two episodes 360 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: left in this season of Dropping Jim's podcast, and in 361 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: about two weeks, I have a big, big, big, big 362 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: big announcement about this podcast that I cannot wait to 363 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: share with you. So that's come up, and also before 364 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 1: we before we part ways, I also want to share 365 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: that if you get a chance. It's not an advertisement, 366 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: but I loved it. Check out Create three. It was 367 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: really amazing. It's a boxing film, so there is some violence, 368 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: so jess a little bit of a trigger warning there. 369 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: I did have to kind of look down a few 370 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: times because, based on my personal journey, taking in physical 371 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: violence like that can be challenging for me. So I 372 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 1: looked I looked away a few times. But the story 373 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: of Create three was amazing and it was so deep 374 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: and I just really I really connect with and think 375 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: that Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors are two of 376 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: our greatest actors and they're going to go down as 377 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: that as their careers continue to expand, and you know, 378 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: they're really interesting roles they take on continue to expand. 379 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: But I was really in awe of both of those 380 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: men and the mastery that they have for their craft, 381 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: the mastery that they have for bringing these stories and 382 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: these really intense and interesting characters to life. I don't 383 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: want to give a way too much about the story, 384 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: but the story itself, the plot itself of the movie 385 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: was very deep, and if you've been listening to this show, 386 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: I really think when you see it, you'll connect to 387 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: it in such a deep way. There were a lot 388 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: of themes present that we talk about on this show 389 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: as it relates to mental health, forgiveness, emotional resilience, responsibility. 390 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: So yeah, it was deep. I think you will love it. 391 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:55,199 Speaker 1: Everyone was phenomenal and just really huge. Shout out to 392 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: Michael B. Jordan as a director, because I thought the 393 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: way that he saw this film and the way that 394 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: he told this story and guided his actors and acted himself, 395 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: it was just like wow, mind blowing, incredible, very inspiring creatively. 396 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 1: So if you get a chance to check out Creed three, 397 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: do it, do it. Do it. Shout out to the 398 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: stunningly gorgeous Tessa Thompson. Her voice is amazing, by the way. 399 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: I just loved seeing her in this film, and yeah, 400 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 1: it was amazing. So check it out. I know you will. 401 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: And today, the soul work for this episode of the 402 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: show is connected to tending to your inner light and 403 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: tending to your radiance, your radiance, your beauty, your nourishment, 404 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: really looking to enliven your physical body and your beauty. 405 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 1: So the soul work for today is what are some 406 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: ways that you can do that? And I want you 407 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: to really think about it. It could be as simple 408 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: as saying, you know, I'm gonna put a little more 409 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: effort into myself today. And for you, that may look 410 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: like you want to get dressed in a different way, 411 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: or you want to show up at work in a 412 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: different way, or you know, maybe do it up a 413 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 1: little bit more. And or it could be saying I'm 414 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 1: really gonna intentionally massage my face tonight in the mirror 415 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: when I put on moisturizer before bed, and look myself 416 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: in my eyes and tell myself I'm beautiful. Whatever that 417 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: looks like for you, I want your soul work to 418 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: be finding a new practice that really celebrates, supports, and 419 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: tends to your radiance. How and when do you feel 420 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: most beautiful, most yourself, most physically confident? And I want 421 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: you to really think about that and write down a 422 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: few ways that you can support, that you can grow, 423 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: that you can stretch that send picks too. If you 424 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: happen to be out in the world having a great 425 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 1: day like that and you post it on the gram 426 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,239 Speaker 1: tag us, I would love to connect with you and 427 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 1: see and celebrate. Okay, until next week, Thank you for listening, 428 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: and I'm astay. Hey find me on social Let's connect 429 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: at Debbie Brown. 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