1 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in through your nose. Hold it now, 2 00:00:37,240 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: release slowly again deep in helle hold release, repeating internally 3 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: to yourself as you connect to my voice. I am deeply, 4 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: deeply well. I I am deeply well. I am deeply well. 5 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown and this is the Deeply Well Podcast. 6 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to Deeply Well, a soft place to land on 7 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: your journey. A podcast for those that are curious, creative, 8 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: and ready to expand in higher consciousness and self care. 9 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown, and this is where we heal, this 10 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: is where we become. Welcome back to the show. This week, 11 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: we are doing it a little bit different. I'm kind 12 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: of on the road. This podcast is being recorded in 13 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: a really beautiful outdoor meditation space. The sky is shining, 14 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: it's about ninety something degrees, it's warm, it's summer. We're 15 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: in July, and it's beautiful. I'm currently looking at a 16 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: kind of an assortment of a few very beautiful trees. 17 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: There's actually some hummingbirds present, so enchanting, and I see 18 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: a dragon fly. There's water present. So this is where 19 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: I am. This is the energy I'm connected to as 20 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: I speak to you on today's podcast and I'm excited 21 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: about this episode because this episode I really want to 22 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 1: catch up a little bit. This season, we have been 23 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: locked into sharing some very powerful guests every episode. I 24 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: have just been enjoying these like vast conversations we've been 25 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: having around all different kinds of healings and different junctures 26 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: of the journey with so many experts. But what I've 27 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: realized in this latest season of the show is we 28 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: have transitioned from dropping gems into deeply well. I've realized 29 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:22,119 Speaker 1: that I miss what it used to feel like when 30 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: we were having more one on one conversations last season. 31 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: It felt like I was having them directly with you, 32 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: which gave a lot of space to share insights and 33 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: practices in real time. So my intention when we do 34 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: have a few solo episodes this season is to connect 35 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: ing just that way as well. So in some of 36 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: the solo episodes we have, we'll focus on what's present. 37 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: We may have meditation, and we're going to explore the 38 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: awarenesses that are currently available to us. So as we 39 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: settle into this episode, I want to just give you 40 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: a little space here for about a minute or so 41 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: to check into yourself. If you're a first time listener, Hi, 42 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: Happy you're here, and if you've been along for the journey, 43 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: just allow yourself to get really rooted in this moment. 44 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: We've had some phenomenal episodes and lots of different kinds 45 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: of teachings and styles of teachings. We've had some pretty 46 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: yummy soul work. So as we get ready to go 47 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: into this episode and just have a little more one 48 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: on one awareness, I want to invite you to connect 49 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: to taking stock of how you currently feel in your life. So, 50 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: if you're able, if this is safe for you, definitely 51 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: not if you are driving, take a second here to 52 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: just take in a few deep breaths. If it's available 53 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: to you, you may want to gently close your eyes 54 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: or just lower your gaze a bit. And as you're 55 00:04:52,240 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: taking in those breaths in and out, I want you 56 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: to notice how you feel in this exact moment. Where 57 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: are you currently? Externally? Where are you and internally? Where 58 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: are you currently? What's present for you in your life 59 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: at this part of your journey? What are you thinking 60 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: about lately? Are there any memories resurfacing that feel deeply resonant? 61 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: Are there creative thoughts that are surfacing? Is there any 62 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: envisioning of your future, something you're building that currently feels present. 63 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: Just take many stock of where you are in this 64 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: exact moment, whatever time or place you happen to be 65 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: catching this particular episode. It could be July twenty twenty three, 66 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,239 Speaker 1: which is what it is for me, somewhere in the future. 67 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: For you, what's happening, and just breathe into that awareness 68 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: and noticing. Allow yourself to take a few more full 69 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: bodied breaths in and out, noticing your chest rise and fall. Now, 70 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: coming back into the present moment, I wanted to share 71 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: a few things happening in my world that are present 72 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: right now. You can gently open your eyes if they 73 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: were closed. I've recently had a birthday. I'm a summer baby, 74 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: I'm a June girl, all double gem and I to 75 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: be exact, and my birthday is always something that either 76 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm really excited about or I'm cringing about internally. I 77 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: think that's the case for many of us. Birthdays are 78 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: so charged for so many different reasons. But this year, 79 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: my birthday felt really exciting and expansive. This year was 80 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: kind of a reflection year for me. It was a 81 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: book end year for me. I was noticing the completion 82 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: of a cycle that seemed to have started two years 83 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: prior on my birthday. So it was a really intentional 84 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: day where I wanted to reflect and notice everything that 85 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: I'd experienced, everything that I had been working on and 86 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: working through, everything that I've transcended over the last two years. 87 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: And I wanted to take stock of, you know, where 88 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: I was with my personal spiritual practice over the last 89 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: two years, what was I doing this time two years 90 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: ago versus now. So I kind of gave myself some 91 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: room to indulge, and I reviewed journal juries that I 92 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: wrote around this time last year and the year before, 93 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: and it was really illuminating for me, and I had 94 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: a chance to just feel deeply proud. And as I 95 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: did that for myself, I wanted to really remember to 96 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: share that here on the show that there is an 97 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to do that all the time, and it can 98 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: be really beautiful and illuminating to set appointments for yourself 99 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: to plant into your calendar a few years in advance. 100 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: If you maybe use Google Calendar, I can and set 101 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: an appointment, pick a date, pick a time, and say, 102 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: reflect on where you were and leave yourself a note 103 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: for when it's so good to take track of our sometimes. 104 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: It creates the space for us to really understand who 105 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: we've become and who we're becoming, to feel proud, to celebrate, 106 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: or to recalibrate and say, you know, what have I missed? 107 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: What is something that actually didn't have the chance to 108 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: do that I was thinking about at that time, and 109 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: kind of re evaluate and see if you want to 110 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: create space for it now. So I just wanted to 111 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: share that, you know, my birthday always feels really good 112 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: for me. What I love to do on my birthday 113 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: is creating an experience for all the people that I'm 114 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: close to, and so I've had the chance for the 115 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: last couple of years to kind of have a birthday 116 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: party at my home that's also kind of a retreat 117 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: where we have really nourishing food, we connect to practices 118 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: that really uplift and expand the spirit and the soul. 119 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: And this year really took the cake. It was really 120 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: it was kind of a sacred sonic experience. So anyone 121 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: that has listened to the show or connects with me 122 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: on social knows that I am utterly obsessed with really 123 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: great playlists and DJs. I always have been since my 124 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: days a few decades ago of working in radio, and 125 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: I used to be a mixed show coordinator and a 126 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: music director, and so I've always loved the craft of 127 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: Djane and the role that music can play in our 128 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: lives to allow us to feel joy, to allow us 129 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: to feel grief, to allow us to become embodied dance. 130 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: You know, music is just such a powerful medicine, especially 131 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: when you're intentional with it and you're not just ingesting 132 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: anything that comes across your path. You really create a 133 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: container of medicine for yourself. So one of the things 134 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: that I've talked about a lot is the incredible collective 135 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: and show that is Selection led by Joe Kay and 136 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: big shout out to Andre Power and everyone in the 137 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 1: Collective crew. So I've been listening to that mix for 138 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: a few years now and it served us really beautiful 139 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: medicine for my spiritual practice. I love to listen to 140 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: it as a journal as I flow all kinds of things. 141 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: And this year, some of my friends surprised me with 142 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: taking me to a live show. Even though I've been 143 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: into it all these years, I've actually hadn't yet felt 144 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: called to experience it in person. It was kind of 145 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: like my own little private party. And so a couple 146 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: of friends of mine surprised me the day before my 147 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: birthday party and took me out to really beautiful sushi dinner, 148 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: which I'm so grateful for their amazing people, and then 149 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 1: surprised me by taking me to the So Election six 150 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: hundredth episode live party that happened in downtown Los Angeles. Yeah. 151 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: First of all, I'm a mom of a five year 152 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: old and I wake up at five am every day, 153 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: so I go to bed very early. My life used 154 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: to be in the club. It is not that, and 155 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: it has not been that for a long time. So 156 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: me and a club one was a vision two dancing 157 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 1: to my favorite DJ to like three am. There's just 158 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: nothing that can compare. It felt so out of body 159 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: to experience the medicine and the genius that this group 160 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: of artists carry with them, and it felt so special 161 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 1: and I felt so grateful, and it was such a vibe. 162 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: It was just one of the most gorgeously decorated, not decorated, 163 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: gorgeously staged experiences. There were JumboTron screens on the ceilings, 164 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: on the walls, every inch, and it had like very 165 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: unique imaging and colors kind of moving through the screens, 166 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: and then on the stage the DJs were set up, 167 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: and you know, there are a few really incredible opening sets, 168 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: a few performances, and then the Ethereal Jok hit the 169 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: stage and just blessed us. It was such a beautiful set, 170 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: and for me, it just really really represented such a cycle, 171 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: such a gratitude for being able to experience the gifts 172 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: of other people in this life who do things that 173 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: I can't, that share joy in ways that I want 174 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: to be able to access otherwise, and it just really 175 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: deepened for me the understanding of how necessary it is 176 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,719 Speaker 1: for all of us to connect to our gifts, accept 177 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: our gifts, refine our gifts, and then share our gifts. 178 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: There's a beautiful quote and wisdom tradition that kind of 179 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: paraphrase says, you know the purpose of life is to 180 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: discover your gifts and then give them away. And I 181 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: felt like being at that experience that evening, that was 182 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: such a big taste of that and so loved it. 183 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: If you get a chance, that episode was recorded where 184 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: I was, that was happening live. It was recorded, and 185 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: so if you subscribe to Apple Music, the sole Election Show. 186 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: There's a new episode every week. This particular night that 187 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: I'm talking about, just go ahead and bless yourself and 188 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: gift yourself with a moment. Light some candles, dim the lighting, 189 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: creative vibe, and play episode six hundred and you'll get 190 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: a taste of that. So that was really beautiful. Then 191 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: I had my party the next day and I had 192 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: just a few close friends come on, some sisters of 193 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: the Lights and just beautiful people in my life. And 194 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: we danced and my dear friend Jarrelyn Glass, who is 195 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: just one of the most celebrated, incredible expert sound healers 196 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: alive in this world, in this moment, and she blessed 197 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: us with just an exquisite sound bath that felt so healing. 198 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: Then we had some amazing food and we had this 199 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: incredible collective of African drummers come and they did this 200 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: ceremony that lit me from the inside in a way 201 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: that I can't even explain, Like I felt like my 202 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: soul and my body were vibrating. For days afterwards, we 203 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: all kind of like wanted to just like yell out 204 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: in joy and pass out, Like it was that kind 205 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: of feeling. I don't know if you can relate to that, 206 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: but I'm sure a few people listening know what that 207 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: feels like. And it was amazing, and I just got 208 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: to feel really, really, really grateful for this wild experience 209 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: that we call being alive. So always grateful for my birthday. 210 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: For all of us, our birthday energetically really serves as 211 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: a powerful portal day. It's a day where we do 212 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to magnetize and really amplify a lot 213 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: of our deeper desires to us, from us through us, 214 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,119 Speaker 1: and so it can be really powerful as a practice 215 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: to treat your birthday in a very sacred and intentional 216 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: way and make sure you carve out space to think, 217 00:16:54,000 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: to write, to release, to smile, and then also carve 218 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: out some intentional time to say, you know, what is 219 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: a medicine I want to invite into this day? Have meditation, 220 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: Have a sacred sound experience, even if it's finding, you know, 221 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: a really incredible session that's played on YouTube. It doesn't 222 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 1: matter if it's live or coming through you know, our 223 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: devices connect to something that is going to nourish you. 224 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: And I believe that the energetic potential of the day 225 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: of our birth makes it a little more heightened somehow. 226 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: It creates a little more power for us somehow. So 227 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: that was my birthday. I feel grateful. My intention. One 228 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: of my intentions for this next year of my life 229 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: and my birth is to really connect to even more 230 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: expansive body practices. I really want to have more movement. 231 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: So since my birthday, I've been trying to intentionally connect 232 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: too and grow a deeper cold plunge practice. It's something 233 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: that I do do often, but I haven't been able 234 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: to be in a space to do daily. So I've 235 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: been doing whole plunge daily. I've been doing a lot 236 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: more stretch practice, yoga, pilates, just trying to be very 237 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: intentional about every day investing in my relationship with my 238 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: body and my organs. So that's been really beautiful and 239 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: I feel grateful for it. So that's something that's been 240 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: happening in my world. Another thing that I wanted to 241 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: share was recently, and if you follow me on Instagram, 242 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: I did a big post about this. I'm still processing 243 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: some of it. I'm still kind of writing about it. 244 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: I'm working on a book right now and so I'm 245 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: earmarking some stories to share there. But I took a 246 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: really beautiful trip to Europe this July, and I had 247 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: a vision earlier this year, this sentence just kept coming 248 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: to me that said summer in Paris, Summer in Paris, 249 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: Summer in Paris, and I tweeted it a few times 250 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: throughout the year, hoping to manifest it, but not necessarily 251 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: taking any steps towards it. And in the last few months, 252 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: the opportunity presented itself where myself and two girlfriends of 253 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: mine decided to take a trip to Paris and we 254 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: rented this really beautiful space together that was right in 255 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: the heart of Paris. And it's my first time as 256 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: a mom that I took a vacation just for pleasure. 257 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: In the last five years, I travel a lot a 258 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: lot for work, and I usually tried to keep the 259 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: days anywhere between three and five. And that's always really 260 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: challenging for me as a mom to travel for work. 261 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: I love it, I love it, I love connecting all 262 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: over the world, but to be away from my son 263 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: is really really challenging for me. And I know so 264 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: many moms and dads saying right now can relate. There 265 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: is no matter what this guilt that's present, like what 266 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: am I missing from my beloved life by being gone. 267 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: What are they missing and needing for me from being gone? 268 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: And how will that affect them? And does it affect them? 269 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: And you know, I think often of that, Yeah, just 270 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm laughing at the presence sometimes of how overwhelming that 271 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: that guilt can be when you want a parent really intentionally. 272 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: But I think often about, you know, the kind of 273 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: the equation that we've come to know and this kind 274 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: of gentle parenting consciousness that we're all more aware of now, 275 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,959 Speaker 1: which is the kind of five to one ratio, like 276 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: you have to have five really loving, nourishing experiences with 277 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: your child to kind of neutralize any negative or challenging 278 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: experience you might have with them. And so all those 279 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: equations are always running in the back ground of my 280 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: head as I think about being a mom and as 281 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: I kind of choose what I'll say yes to or not. 282 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: So taking this trip was big for me because it 283 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: was a week. It wasn't work. It was just about 284 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of reconnecting to all the versions of me that 285 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: I've become morever those last five years of motherhood and 286 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: see what feels resonant and true right now in this 287 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: moment and amplify what feels most authentic and release what doesn't. 288 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: So that was my intention for taking this trip and 289 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: getting to Paris and going with these two beautiful women 290 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: Kristen Simone I went want to actually yeah, both of 291 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: them have been on the podcast this season. Krysta Williams 292 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: and Simone Farshi have had such beautiful wise episodes on 293 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: the show this season. The three of us went got 294 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: a beautiful space in the center of the city, and 295 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: all of us had been to Paris previously at other 296 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: times in our lives, and all of us felt like 297 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: we had had experiences where we got to do the 298 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: things we'd always desire to do, see the loover, seeversi 299 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, have meals, and see art in the ways 300 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 1: that we wanted to. And so for all of us, 301 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: our intention this time was to really immerse with the 302 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: city and try to find a lot more local experiences 303 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: and experiences that just resonated with what felt joyful, desirable, 304 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: creative for us at this moment of our lives. So 305 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: for me, my intention was to really connect to Rome, 306 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: to connect to culture, and to connect what makes me 307 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: come alive, which is savory, beautiful food and are one 308 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: of my favorite things to do in my life wherever 309 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: I am is carve out time to just walk a city, 310 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: even when I travel for work. In this last couple 311 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: of years, I've been working quite a lot in Seattle, 312 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,959 Speaker 1: been up to San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, Ton and 313 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: so I love to walk those cities with nothing really 314 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: specific in mind other than to experience it. And so 315 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: I wanted to do that really actively every day in Paris. 316 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: And I wanted to get lost in museums. And I'm 317 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: someone that likes to spend hours in museums and read 318 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: every place card and just take a lot of time 319 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: to really connect to what I'm looking at. And so 320 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to have six hours to be in a 321 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: museum if I wanted too. So that's what we did. Culture, romance, 322 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: enlivening experiences, creative experiences, art, and it was everything. It 323 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: was everything my soul needed and more. And I really 324 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: got to be in the city and just do it 325 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: kind of how I do life in la I'm a 326 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: very nomadic kind of transient eater. I like to eat 327 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: kind of small handfuls of things that I connect to 328 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: at various points of the day. I don't really like 329 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: sitting down for long periods of time for meals, and 330 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: I kind of liked to eat one thing at a time, 331 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: so I did that here Foca, went and had my croissant, 332 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: walked and had my cafe, my espresso, and then just 333 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: got to business of the business of walking and feeling 334 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: deeply well. One of the experiences that I really loved 335 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: when I was there. And for those that have listened 336 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: to this show, you may hear me talk about Tupac 337 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: a lot. I'm very connected to Tupac as a creative 338 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: genius and as someone I really am inspired by their 339 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: life and their mastery and their art, and I tend 340 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: to get whispers from the universe everywhere about Tupac. I 341 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: have a collection of poc memorabilia that is really meaningful 342 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: to me. But I also find that anywhere I am 343 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: in the world, I'll find like a smile that represents 344 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: pock in some way, you know, just come across a 345 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 1: murals somewhere, or a song. And so one of the 346 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: days that I was in Paris, I went to the 347 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: Pocasta Museum and there was this really incredible exhibit that's 348 00:25:53,840 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: happening currently right now where they're creating this very curated 349 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: experiences with his work by the room, and every room 350 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: kind of represents a different period for him, and there's 351 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: contexts kind of laired in with his artwork that brings 352 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: it to life in a way that kind of connects 353 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: the past, present, in the future. It's really brilliant and 354 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: it was really inspiring. So I spent the whole day 355 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: at the Pocasta Museum and then kind of walked through 356 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,719 Speaker 1: what I would call more of their art district. There 357 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: were a lot of galleries, a lot of other small 358 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: museums and different businesses of art. So kind of got 359 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: lost there and grabbed some snacks on the way, And 360 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: on the way walking back to the apartment, I saw 361 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: this man and he just caught my eye. This gentleman 362 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: was walking and he just walked up to a wall. 363 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: And Paris was really busy this time of years, so 364 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: there was like thousands of people kind of in the 365 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: streets and it was very active and hot. It was 366 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: so hot in Paris, and every day the sun didn't 367 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 1: set till somewhere in between like nine forty five and 368 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: ten pm, So you know, we were waking up at 369 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: one which is insane to me as someone that wakes 370 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 1: up at five am every day. I was like, one o'clock. 371 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: What is this? We were waking up at one We were, 372 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, outside in the streets and walking and enjoying 373 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 1: toll like five am every day while we were there, 374 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: which just felt incredible, especially as a woman in her 375 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 1: thirties who doesn't do any of that anymore and a 376 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: mom who's working, you know, I was just like, what, 377 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,959 Speaker 1: So the days were so different. I was really enjoying 378 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: the people and observing and being in the energy. So 379 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: there were people moving around and this gentleman I happened 380 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: to notice him in the sea of people, and he 381 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: walked over to a wall that was across from a 382 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:00,239 Speaker 1: little cafe and he took out a huge sharp be 383 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: and he just started making these squiggles, and I was 384 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: just like, huh, for some reason, I just feel called 385 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: to watch this. And he made this like line on 386 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: the wall, and it truly made no sense. There were 387 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: just squiggles, but I knew what he was about to make. 388 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: And I don't know how or why I knew it, 389 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: but I just felt it. I just knew what his 390 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: inspiration was. And so Simone was like, oh, well, if 391 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: you want to watch it, let's just sit and have 392 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: a coffee. So we sat down, and you know, in Europe, 393 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 1: the seating is very often different, especially in Paris, like 394 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: a lot of it is outdoor seating, but it's set 395 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: up in an audience kind of view. So the tables 396 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: are set up not for you to face one another 397 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: in conversation, but for you to face the street and 398 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: really take time to just see and talk about what 399 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: you're looking at. And so we sat down in these 400 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: kind of gallery audience seatings outside in the cafe, order 401 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: in an espresso, and we just watched him draw these 402 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: squiggs on the wall. And finally, when he had finished, 403 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: you could see that in his abstract drawing, he drew 404 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: Tupac holding a microphone performing and it was just one 405 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: of those moments that you just kind of smile and 406 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: you feel. I felt really grateful, you know, I don't 407 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: know what it meant, but I know that I love 408 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: Tupac and I'm grateful that I'm in Paris, I mean, 409 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: the time of my life, and I look up and 410 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: I see Tupac. So that was really beautiful, and experiences 411 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: like that seemed to continue to happen, and everything I 412 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: really loved about My trip was I went to the 413 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: Louis Vauton Foundation, which, for those that saw Fashion Week recently, 414 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: Pharrell had done this really incredible show outdoors where he 415 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: had he was on the runway outdoors, and that was 416 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: where I was. It was the Louis Vaton Foundation. I 417 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: wasn't there for that day, but it was in that 418 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: exact kind of park, an outdoor area, this incredible outdoor 419 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: I don't even know what to call it experience, This 420 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: stared waterfall of sorts is there, which is really beautiful, 421 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: and at the time, at this moment, in that location, 422 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: they have a Basquiat and Andy Warhol exhibit and this 423 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: beautiful outdoor park is connected to it. And directly across 424 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: the street from this building, this beautiful Louis Vaton Foundation, 425 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: is this forest. And what I kind of gathered is 426 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: that maybe it's kind of like a nature preserve that 427 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: they've kept in very pristine condition, But it was like 428 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: this old French forest with these thin pathways and these streams. 429 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: There was this like stream of water in the midst 430 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: of it, and it was literally filled to the brim 431 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: with crows, just black crows everywhere. And when you walk 432 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: in the forest, like the sound is deafening. It's crows 433 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: singing and talking to each other. It was just absolutely surreal. 434 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: It felt that I had been transported into literally a 435 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: completely different time and space. And it's like if I 436 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: was in a world where you kind of took days 437 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: to walk to another town through the forest, that's what 438 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: it would have felt like. It felt so old, And 439 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: I think that's another one of my favorite things about 440 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: being in Europe. I love being an old world. I 441 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 1: love the energy that exists in places where there has 442 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: been humanity and civilization for thousands of years, actively where 443 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: there's been so much creation. There's been art, there's been language, 444 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: there's been sound, there's been consciousness kind of expanding and 445 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: unfolding in so many different ways. So all of that 446 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: was moving through me as I was in Paris. So 447 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: that was a really special experience being there. And I 448 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: actually did a plant medicine journey while I was there, 449 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: in the park and in the forest, and it was 450 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: mind blowing. Something else kind of in my consciousness right now, 451 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: and some of the things I'm talking about right now 452 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: of this trip, I shared in an Instagram post, so 453 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: if you get a chance, you'll see it right away. 454 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: But it was exquisite and a couple of recommendations that 455 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to share with you from this trip. So 456 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: if you get a chance to go to Paris in 457 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: the near future or if you're there now. I actually 458 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: ran into so many friends while I was there. I 459 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: shout out to my girl, my girl Maya. So many 460 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: people happen to be in the city at the same 461 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: time as me. But definitely check out the Picasso exhibit. Obviously, 462 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: do the mainstays. You've got to go to the Louver. 463 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: You got to spend a couple of days there, Like, 464 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: don't rush through it, take yo time, eat at the 465 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: restaurant there or the restaurants nearby, you know, really explore. 466 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: There's so many you know, obviously there's the Mona Lisa 467 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: and so many of the classics from the Renaissance era, 468 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: but there's also just a mind blowing Egyptian curation. There 469 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: a lot of modern art. I love the religious art. 470 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: I'm so drawn to Catholic art, and there's just so 471 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: many exquisite pieces of Mary and Jesus and ah. Yes, 472 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 1: do it. Also check out the Louis Vatan Foundation. Even 473 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: if you just want to pack a lunch and go 474 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: over there and enjoy the park nearby. Not necessarily an exhibit, 475 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: it's an incredible area. Check out some movies that I 476 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: saw on my flights there. So I'm someone that cannot 477 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,800 Speaker 1: sleep on the plane, and it was such a bummer 478 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: because that's a twelve hour flight. I did everything that 479 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: I could. I tried to do everything that I could 480 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: to support myself to sleep. I packed gummies, I packed 481 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: Ashwa Ganda, I packed melatonin and I was popping all 482 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: of it. I was ordering some Chardonnay on the flight, 483 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: and like, not for one second did I come close 484 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: to falling to sleep. So I watched all the movies. 485 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 1: I watched a classic on the flight. You may have 486 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: seen this film, but I encourage you to rewatch it 487 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 1: or watch it for the first time. But the movie 488 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 1: Before Sunrise, it's actually a trilogy. I just watched the first, 489 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: but it is starring Ethan Hawk and Julie Demp's older 490 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: film came out in the nineties, but it's about two 491 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: people from very different thought processes life that randomly meet 492 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: on a train in Europe and walk until the sun 493 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: comes up one night and find this really beautiful, deep 494 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: intense connection. It was really lovely to watch it at 495 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: this age, at this moment in time, and especially while 496 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: getting ready to have a romantic adventure. So check that out. 497 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: A new film that I watched starring Tilda Sweden and 498 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: Idris Elba is three Thousand Years of Longing. It's a 499 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: fantasy kind of movie, a lot of storytelling, a lot 500 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: of ancientness, a lot of mythic quality to it. Really 501 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: interesting and visually stunning film that kind of explores love 502 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:57,080 Speaker 1: and longing and it was really creative. Yeah, I think 503 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: you'll dig it. And another film that I loved is 504 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: a movie that comes out of the UK called Living. 505 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 1: I do not remember the name of the actor seeing 506 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 1: him in a bunch of things, but it is about 507 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,840 Speaker 1: an older man, more so at the turn of the 508 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: century in England who finds out that he doesn't have 509 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 1: much time to live and what he decides to do 510 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 1: with that time. It was a really different way to 511 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: tell a story like that of what you want to 512 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: do once your life has been lived and you realize 513 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: you know kind of more in the senset of your 514 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: journey what can change. But it was really thought provoking. 515 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: So I encourage you to check those out if you 516 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: get a chance. So that's what I've been up to lately. 517 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,759 Speaker 1: That was my pleasure. That was my birthday. Lots of 518 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,919 Speaker 1: fun projects that I'm working on right now. A couple 519 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: announcements to share soon, and also I want to remind 520 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: everyone I'm gearing up and kind of mentally, physically and 521 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: emotion preparing to head up to the Omega Institute in 522 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: a few weeks. Queen of Fua and myself are having 523 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,399 Speaker 1: the second year of our Women Who Heal Retreat, which 524 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: is a really incredible five day experience that happens on 525 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:19,920 Speaker 1: the two hundred and fifty acre forest campus of the 526 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:24,759 Speaker 1: Omega Institute in Upstate New York. It is an institute 527 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: that has taken over that sacred land and just it's 528 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: just such a pre eminent location for spiritual study and 529 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: some of that deeper work with the self. It is 530 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,640 Speaker 1: such a privilege to be on that campus. One of 531 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 1: the founders of the campus is my siro Elizabeth Lesser, 532 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: the author of one of my favorite books, Broken Open, 533 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: and also Cassandra Speaks is one of her latest books, 534 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: and it's incredible. But this campus was built over forty 535 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 1: years ago, so many of the grades if taught there 536 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,320 Speaker 1: and I just encourage everyone. It has such a sustainable 537 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 1: price point. Meals are included, lodging is included, and you 538 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,880 Speaker 1: can just go connect with yourself. So that happens throughout 539 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: their season. But Queen and I will be there at 540 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 1: the end of August doing our Women Who Heal Retreat. 541 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: We'll be there for about six days. We will be 542 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:28,720 Speaker 1: teaching about so many different components of the mind, body 543 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: and soul integration and embodiment experience. We really encourage those 544 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,319 Speaker 1: that connect to the deeper aspect of the work. So 545 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: if you have been on this path of awareness, if 546 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,399 Speaker 1: you feel ready for something deep, something that is a 547 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:46,799 Speaker 1: felt experience, something that will change you, you gotta go 548 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 1: go to Omega dot org or if you go on 549 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,799 Speaker 1: my Instagram at Debbie Brown, the link in bio will 550 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,880 Speaker 1: take you straight there. We still have a few open spots. 551 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,399 Speaker 1: I believe we might have somewhere between seven and ten 552 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: openings of being able to still connect to this experience. 553 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,839 Speaker 1: So if you feel called, I hope to see you there. 554 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,120 Speaker 1: If you've been I cannot wait to see you again. 555 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: That is coming soon. Yeah, that's what's present. So I 556 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: also wanted before we end this episode to check in 557 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: and remind you of some of the recent episodes that 558 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: we have had on Deeply Well that I've been loving 559 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,160 Speaker 1: that the community has been loving. I've been seeing so 560 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: much response and feedback as we've been rolling out episodes online. 561 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: We have a YouTube page now, so if you're not 562 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,319 Speaker 1: there yet, it's Debbie Brown is the r L and 563 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,480 Speaker 1: subscribe to the YouTube check out the episodes. This is 564 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: the first season that we've been offering the video to 565 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,280 Speaker 1: go along with the audio experience. We have a beautiful 566 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 1: studio that we record out of, so loving, loving those 567 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,440 Speaker 1: there that's on YouTube, and we have recent episodes with 568 00:39:55,920 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: Queena Fua, with Layla Delia, with Darryl Gaine, My Leaked Teal, Christine, 569 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: Mark Griffin, Adam Jackson, Krista Williams, Resma Menechem, Simone Farshi. 570 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 1: We have been tabbing into so much. The conversations this 571 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,759 Speaker 1: season we've been having are about embodiment. We explored the 572 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: Darkness Retreat with Krista, which is an experience where you 573 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:24,399 Speaker 1: are completely in a dark cave for a week processing. 574 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,799 Speaker 1: We've talked about the incredible experiences around men's healing and 575 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,840 Speaker 1: health that are happening with Adam Jackson and Sacred Sons 576 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: and those phenomenal retreats that are happening all over the world. 577 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,800 Speaker 1: We talked about healing trauma and children in real time, 578 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,600 Speaker 1: not waiting till you're an adult to heal, but how 579 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:47,560 Speaker 1: we can support children who are having challenging experiences right now. 580 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,239 Speaker 1: That conversation happened with Christine Mark Griffin. So there is 581 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 1: a lot of conversations happening about so many of the 582 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: facets of this journey. So I hope you'll take time 583 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,759 Speaker 1: to check back if there's any that you've missed. And 584 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: before we end this episode together one I just want 585 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,560 Speaker 1: to say it's a continued honor to be able to 586 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,400 Speaker 1: do this show with you and to receive all of 587 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,120 Speaker 1: the feedback that you share, whether it's really taking the 588 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:18,000 Speaker 1: time to share gratitude for this podcast, if it's meant 589 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 1: something to you, take a moment to encourage someone else 590 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: to connect with it. I think everyone that has taken 591 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: time to after an episode go into the Apple Store 592 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,440 Speaker 1: and just click those five stars and give it that 593 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 1: five star rating and also leave a written review about 594 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: what you've connected to. And I want to share my 595 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:42,000 Speaker 1: final thought here. You know, when I think about my 596 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:49,360 Speaker 1: experience in Paris and just having the freedom and also 597 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,319 Speaker 1: the privilege to give myself the experience, because I know 598 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:58,160 Speaker 1: that isn't always possible for us, depending on what we're 599 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,440 Speaker 1: experiencing in our lives, or what is possible due to 600 00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 1: current seasons of our budgets or our time allotment. But 601 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: something I really connected to while I was there was 602 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:16,680 Speaker 1: just a deep gratitude for the experiences I was having 603 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: and how so many of those experiences were elevated in 604 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:27,359 Speaker 1: ways I didn't expect. Something that came to me. This 605 00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,759 Speaker 1: thought came to me that I wanted to share with you, 606 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:34,480 Speaker 1: which is, may the experiences, people and things I am 607 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:40,120 Speaker 1: already connected to and grateful for surpass my belief for 608 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:44,719 Speaker 1: how good and how much better it can all really get? 609 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,760 Speaker 1: May the full value of my life emerge in every 610 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,759 Speaker 1: way for the highest good of myself and all that 611 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,440 Speaker 1: I am connected to. Let yourself hold that thought for 612 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,719 Speaker 1: a second and see where it might fit for yourself. 613 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,800 Speaker 1: I read it one last time together. May the experiences, people, 614 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,799 Speaker 1: and things I am already connected to and grateful for 615 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: surpass my belief for how good and how much better 616 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,279 Speaker 1: it can all really get. May the full value of 617 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:22,360 Speaker 1: my life emerge in every way for the highest good 618 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:26,640 Speaker 1: of all concerned. Thank you for joining me for this episode, 619 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:31,279 Speaker 1: thank you for joining me for this season, and thank 620 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:36,600 Speaker 1: you for actively participating in your own life for your 621 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:41,560 Speaker 1: highest good. Hope you have a beautiful week. Hope the 622 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 1: breakthrough thought you've been waiting for comes to you until 623 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:58,680 Speaker 1: next time. And I must stay. 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