1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Deeply Well. This show is a soft place 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: to land on your journey, a space where we explore 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: what it truly means to live well from the inside out, 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: not perfectly, but honestly. This is Deeply Well. Here we 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: got season five of Deeply Well, and I cannot be 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: more grateful that you're here for it. This show is 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: a soft place to land on your journey, a space 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: where we explore what it truly means to live well 9 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: from the inside out, not perfectly, but honestly, with all 10 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: the complexity, the paradox, the beauty and the wonder Because 11 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: in a world that is constantly pulling at us, this 12 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: is the space to come back to yourself, to your body, 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: your truth, and to the practices that genuinely sustain you, 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: the ones that work when life is actually happening. This 15 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: show is for the seekers, the creatives, the sensitive ones, 16 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: for everyone doing the quiet, courageous work of becoming whole. 17 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown, your host, and we are stepping into 18 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: season five together. So happy you're here. Let's breathe, let's land, 19 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: let's get into it. We're going to take three deep 20 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: breaths together, arriving into the present moment. If it's safe 21 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: to do so, go ahead and gently close your eyes 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: and begin to take a deep belly breath in hell here, 23 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: in through your nose, and out in through your nose, 24 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: and and last one together and through your nose slowly 25 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: and release it. Rub your palms together restfully in your body, 26 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: straight spine, soft belly, shoulders. Back here we are. I'm 27 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: so happy to be back, y'all. This was oh, just 28 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: the break that I needed to feel so creatively inspired 29 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: to build this new season. Okay, first things first that 30 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: I need to call out. We have a new studio. 31 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: Do you see all this behind me? If you're watching 32 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: on YouTube, please subscribe and also just like take it 33 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: all in. I am so loving this beautiful new studio 34 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: that deeply well is calling home. We use this off 35 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: season to really build it out and just bring in 36 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: a feeling that I think really shrouds and covers and 37 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: holds the kind of conversations that I want to have 38 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: this season. So for those that can see it visually 39 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: and if not, to check it out on our Instagram. 40 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: But the colors are giving, natural and grounded and refined. 41 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: We have a vintage Vogue green and some tope and 42 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: deep browns, and yeah, it just feels so incredibly grounding. 43 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: We are officially in spring, so I'm actually recording this 44 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: show on the New Moon and Equinox, little juncture in space, 45 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: and we're officially kicking off the show. It's spring. This 46 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: is when the real New Year officially kicks in. Something 47 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: I'm excited about this season of the show is really 48 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: diving into ways to live your wisdom. Just like we 49 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: said at the start of the show. You know, I 50 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: think we are past some of the work that we've 51 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: been doing and it's time to integrate. It's time to 52 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: get creative with it. It's time to serve with it, 53 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: and it's time to really sustain your body, heart and 54 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: spirit with the work that you've done. So first I 55 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: want to shout out actually the iHeart Awards. So as 56 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: recording the show, I just got back from Austin south 57 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: By Southwest, which was such a vortex and a portal 58 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: for me, y'all. It was insane. I have not been 59 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: to south By Southwest, which is a really incredible used 60 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: to be a three week kind of festival that took 61 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: place that encompassed film and music and literature and tech 62 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: and now They've kind of brought all of it into 63 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: this like really jam packed week of incredible activations and 64 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:08,559 Speaker 1: panels and shows and concerts and screenings. So I headed 65 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: out to Austin for that. I was nominated this year, 66 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: my first time being nominated for the iHeart Awards. So 67 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: I was nominated for Best Spirituality and Religion Podcast, which 68 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: I thought was so cool. It was so special to 69 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: be nominated. Did not win, but that's okay. It was 70 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: a jam pack category. I was like, how will I 71 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: win against Joel Ostein and Steve Furtech and but yeah, 72 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm surprised to be in that category. But it does 73 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: make a lot of sense. We are investigating all of 74 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: the things when it really comes to belief, belief and 75 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: self belief in this world. So the award show were 76 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: really really fun, made a couple of new friends. It 77 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: was so cool to see how much the industry of 78 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: podcasting has grown. Back when I started this show. I 79 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: know we're on season five, but I've been doing this 80 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: show for I want to say seven years, and back 81 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: when I first launched, it was such a different world 82 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: and such a different industry. So one of the things 83 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: that's been happening for me in the off season is 84 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: I've been getting really inspired to kind of give this 85 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: media more of myself. As many know that are familiar 86 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: with me and my background. I came from FM radio, 87 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: I came from broadcasting TV, and it's just a different, 88 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: different world. And so when I first launched this podcast 89 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: seven years ago, I was really trying to find a 90 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: way to connect and communicate and use all of these 91 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: like ten thousand hours of broadcasting gifts and skills, but 92 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: to talk about things that were really meaningful for me. 93 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: And so over the past you know, seven years, I've 94 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: been exploring that creatively and you know, practicing and doing 95 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: more long form content, trying out short form and doing 96 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: all that things. And now I've arrived at a format 97 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: that feels really good and really sustainable and that I'm 98 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: inspired by. So it's so cool to just see everyone 99 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: kind of do their thing and get put onto some 100 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: new shows. A really special moment happened. So some of 101 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: you may know, but I am utterly obsessed with Will Ferrell, 102 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: and I don't know if I shared this story, but 103 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: I had a chance to accidentally meet him in the 104 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: airport while I was on book tour last year, and 105 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: it was just one of the greatest moments of my life. Like, seriously, 106 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: I am so obsessed with that man. I've met so 107 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: many people, but there is something about like the purity 108 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: of him as a person and his style of comedy 109 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: that I just think it's so special in the world. 110 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: And so when I was at the iHeart Awards, I 111 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: was sitting down and everything's fly. Like the award room 112 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: everything was like dope. It was like glowing red and 113 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: it was like so festive and really fly. You did 114 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: your thing iHeart, And all of a sudden I hear 115 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: like Will's voice booming over you know, the audio system, 116 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: and I was just like, oh, well, Therel's there. And 117 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: then he walked down on stage and he did this 118 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: hilarious bit and uh it just it was worth the 119 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: flight and it was worth losing in my category because 120 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: I got to see him. So that was really cool. 121 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: And then we did also a Wellness Oasis activation at 122 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: south By Southwest at the Proper Hotel in Austin, which 123 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: I think they just built the Proper this year, and 124 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: my god, wooh that chain ooh so good, oh god, 125 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 1: the design. I was just like beside myself drooling over 126 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: the beauty and the details incredible Chef's Kiss, no Notes, 127 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: and so we did it at the Proper and partnership 128 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: with them, and I did a panel with Kenny, with 129 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: Jillian Tareki and also with Don Muslim, and we talked about, 130 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: you know, really the things we talk about, which is 131 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: like integration, like how to live this work and how 132 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: to make it more real in our lives so that 133 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: we can feel it. So that was a special conversation. 134 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: You can check out Instagram and all that to catch 135 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: up on that. And yeah, Austin was a vibe. It 136 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: was wild. I hadn't been back in ten years, which 137 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: is crazy. How old am I? What is life? But 138 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: haven't been back since twenty sixteen. And I had this 139 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: kind of sweet spot back when I was especially working 140 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: in the hip hop world, where I would go every 141 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: year starting in the year twenty eleven. That was my 142 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: first year at south By. So being able, you know, 143 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 1: whenever I get a chance to be back someplace that 144 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: I have history, I take it really seriously seriously in 145 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: terms of my spiritual intentionality, right Like, I always look 146 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: at moments like that as an opportunity to complete a circle. 147 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: And so there's some phrasing that I like to use 148 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: with that that you might like to try on. But 149 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: you know, I just start saying to myself, you know, 150 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: I reclaim I recall my soul fragments that were left 151 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: in this city. I recall my soul fragments from Austin, 152 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: from Texas. Those were some of the things that I 153 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: was saying, and I really let myself sink into and 154 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: kind of feast on noticing the contrast in my life. 155 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: Who was I in twenty eleven as a then veteran 156 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: I had already been in the game for a while, 157 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: a veteran hip hop radio personality, and the way that 158 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: I was experiencing kind of going from show to show, 159 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: which ten years ago was so different. It was still 160 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: kind of and it's more pure form. There wasn't as many, 161 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, corporate activations. It was really like you were 162 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: discovering artists for the very first time, and you were 163 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: kind of like a little dirty and exhausted and starving, 164 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: and it was just like you'd be wandering the streets 165 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: that night, walking into these little bars and these little 166 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: pubs and just seeing incredible performances, like being able to 167 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: see J Cole or Kendrick, you know in these rooms, 168 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: these small, small, tiny rooms, as Andre three k would say, 169 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: And so just reliving that and remembering the specialness and 170 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: remembering just even how much I was struggling and how 171 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: much I was doing and where you know, I had 172 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: some visionary ideas and oh it's so cool to do that. 173 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: I know. You know, in the last couple of months, 174 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: everyone has been syncing into exploring twenty sixteen versus twenty 175 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: twenty six But I just want to really invite everyone 176 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: do that every chance you get. With however many years 177 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: have passed. If there is a two year cycle, and 178 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: you know you feel a change inside, take a moment 179 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: and notice the contrast of who you were and who 180 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: you are it's five years, if it's ten years, if 181 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: it's twenty. So remembering that moment of my first South 182 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: five twenty eleven was insane. I have to share one 183 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: story that came back to me from that night. I 184 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: remember it was the year twenty eleven. I was living 185 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: at that time in Houston. I was doing the midday 186 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: show at a Houston radio station, and I was just 187 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: I was interviewing everybody, any and everybody, but the world 188 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: was still slowly, slowly transitioning to streaming. Like blogs had 189 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: just started, so like rap Radar was on the scene, 190 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: and there were so many all hip hop and so 191 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: all of us were out there, Like the streets were 192 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: just filled with bloggers, hip hop personality and emerging artists. 193 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: And I remember that year was so special with this 194 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: like class of artists that was coming out. Frank Ocean 195 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: had just dropped like that week, so everybody was like 196 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: hearing him for the first time in real time as 197 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: we're like going to shows. The weekend had just dropped 198 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: like that week. I think it was house of balloons. 199 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: We didn't even know what the weekend looked like. There 200 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: were no photos to be searched on the internet. Tyler 201 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: the Creator had just popped on the scene. I believe 202 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: that was the same year. Yeah, twenty eleven just came out, 203 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: did his first performances with him and his whole crew 204 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: out there. And I remember Nate Dogg had just passed away. 205 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: One of my best friends, Bombay, had come down and 206 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: she and I drove from Houston to Austin. It was 207 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: just it was it amazing, And I remember Nate Dogg 208 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: had passed and so Snoop was out there at that time, 209 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: and there were these kind of like pop up DJ 210 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: sets memorializing his life. And then my favorite part of 211 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: the night was Kanye West twenty eleven. He took over 212 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: an abandoned power plant in Austin, off the grid, off 213 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: the streets of where we were. The show started at 214 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: like midnight, and I remember myself and my friend Brian 215 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: Miller b Dot We got in a petticab. We went 216 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: to this abandoned power plant, having no idea what to expect. 217 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's filthy in there. It was insane. There 218 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: was just like things lying down. I'm like, what is 219 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: is there radiation? What's going on? And they erected this 220 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: stage and there were these huge signs made of lights 221 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: that said good life. And jay Z was there, I 222 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: think Beyonce was there. We were standing like adjacent to them. 223 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: All of these artists was there with him, and he 224 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: just did this absolutely incredible, insane genius show for like 225 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: two hours and we stood there so close to it. 226 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: I think I have to find a picture. I'll share 227 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: it as some extras on our Instagram at Deeply Well Pod. 228 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: And then I remember we realized once it was finished 229 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: we had absolutely no way to get back to our 230 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: hotels and we were so far out, so we walked 231 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: for miles in the dark at like three am and 232 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: eventually found a petty cap and it was just it 233 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: was one of the best weeks of my life. I remember, Yeah, 234 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: I just felt so excited but also so ensure about 235 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: what the world had to offer and what was going 236 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: to become of music, what was going to become of 237 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: these new artists, and so taking that in and really seeing, 238 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: you know, what has changed, and what incredible songs have 239 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: come about, and what movements have come about, and you know, 240 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: even what artists went on to kind of have some 241 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: just absolutely unfathomable rains in the game. And then seeing 242 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, what happened with so many other artists, and 243 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: even how Kanye's life is unfolded, and it was just 244 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: it was it was kind of powerful to sink into 245 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: those thoughts and get back present. But it let us 246 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: spark in me and it felt powerful and special. I 247 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: cannot forget this. I was sharing about the brand new 248 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: studio that we're in for this season, and I'm so 249 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: happy behind the same content will be on the Instagram 250 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,479 Speaker 1: because I want you all all all to see this, 251 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 1: even if you listen and don't watch it on YouTube. 252 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: But I want to give a special shout out to 253 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: everyone that just helped make this vision come to life 254 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,479 Speaker 1: so huge. Thank you Samantha, to Michelle, thank you so 255 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: much to Jerika, to Tristan, to Jordan and Jasmine, and 256 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: to Denisha for every single thing that went into bringing 257 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: this beautiful space to life. I can't even tell y'all 258 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: like I feel so myself in this space, like a 259 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: true integration, which is what this season is about, a 260 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: true integration of kind of my professional self and those skills, 261 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: and my healer self and just my woman's self and 262 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: being able to share in the best possible ways from 263 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: this really special, beautiful room. And also, I have the 264 00:17:55,160 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: big news for everyone Living in Wisdom the Retreat. That's right, 265 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: I'm back on my retreats. I took the last couple 266 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: of years off because I was writing the book then 267 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: touring the book. But I am so ready to get 268 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: immersive and to go so deep with all those who 269 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: feel cold and ready. So this retreat, the Living and 270 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: Wisdom Retreat, It's happening at the Omega Institute for Holistic 271 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: Studies July fifth, through the tenth this year twenty twenty six. 272 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: There are still some spaces available, there are different tiers 273 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: of how you can come, but I'm so excited. It's 274 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: such an incredible campus, two hundred acres of just I mean, 275 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: the most healing forested land. There's a beautiful lake. There's 276 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: going to be so much space and time to connect 277 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: to the authenticity of who you are while also being 278 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:59,120 Speaker 1: deeply nourished, deeply rested. The tenets of this retreat you 279 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: are there to practice, you are there to learn and 280 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: to practice. And my intention is that everyone that joins 281 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: me will be going home having developed the personal practice 282 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: that they will be able to enact every single day 283 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 1: once they get back into their environment, so that you 284 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: can really have nervous system regulation, emotional regulation, just personal mind, 285 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: body and soul nourishment and create a system that feels 286 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: creative and intentional for who you are and your unique 287 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: life and what your healing requires. So I can't wait 288 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: to go deep and dive in. I am in full 289 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: teacher mode, my favorite place to be, and we will 290 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: be yeah, really expanding that inner world through outer practice. 291 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: Another thing that I'm so excited to share officially, my 292 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: sub stack, y'all is live. This is the year that 293 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: I building all the things to deepen the work in 294 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: So my sub stack is called Self Care Simplified, and 295 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: it was inspired by some of the work I did 296 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: in the pandemic. Specifically in twenty twenty, I used to 297 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: have an Instagram live series that I created called Self 298 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: Care Simplified, and each week I'd go live, and because 299 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: it was the pandemic, I mean, we were all home 300 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: and it was such a great time to practice and 301 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: get in the work, and every week I would break 302 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: down different components of self care and how to make 303 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: it real for you and how to get excited about 304 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: it and give it the respect and the honor that 305 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: it deserves. It was one of my favorite things I've 306 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: ever done. I felt so connected to everyone and it 307 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: just felt so purposeful. I knew that the work was 308 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: going completely past just kind of the listening, the observing, 309 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: the watching, and it was really climbing down into our 310 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: bodies to live it. And so that is really the 311 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: essay sense of my substack, and I cannot wait to 312 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: just really connect more deeply there this year. So if 313 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: you want to subscribe, of course that'll be in the 314 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: show notes of this episode. Everything I'm talking about we 315 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: will link, but also just head to my Instagram, head 316 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: to my website, subscribe. There's going to be so many articles, there, 317 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: so many tools, so many conversations. So very excited to 318 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: expand in the work there. So back to what to 319 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: expect this season, Ah, it's going to be all the 320 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: things that you love. We're not changing it too much, okay, 321 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: but it's going to be better. It's going to be deeper, 322 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: it's going to be tighter, it's going to be far 323 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: more interactive. There is now an ecosystem to really support 324 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: these conversations, learning, and just the softness of where we've 325 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: been landing this season. After season, I want to share 326 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: more of what's been living with me lately because it's 327 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: threaded through absolutely everything that we'll be doing. And of 328 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: course we'll have the soul work as always. But I've 329 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: been thinking a lot about paradox, which is what you know, 330 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: another way of saying what I always think about grief 331 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: and joy dancing together all at once. Paradox is about 332 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: how to completely opposite things can be true at the 333 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: same time. Honestly, how twenty things can be true at 334 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 1: the same time and the kind of piece that really 335 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: starts to open up when you stop trying to choose 336 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: between them, stop trying to control them. I've been thinking about, 337 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: in general, simplification, how to become more with less, How 338 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: the most powerful shifts in my own life have rarely 339 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: been loud or dramatic. They've been quiet, they've been deep, 340 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: they've been small, They've been almost boring and yet completely 341 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: life changing. And I've been thinking about joy and beauty 342 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: not is something that you arrive at, but is something 343 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: that every day you are practicing, You are building personally, 344 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: something that you choose over and over and over again, 345 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,959 Speaker 1: something that does not wait for your life to be 346 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: perfectly arranged before it shows up, but it comes out 347 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: of you, out of the crevices, with intention, because of 348 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: the tears you've shed to clear the way. And these 349 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: are not just ideas that I'm observing. It's not just theory, 350 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: because it's all just theory until we put it into practice. 351 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: These are the things that I'm actively living and have been, 352 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: and they are going to be so alive and on 353 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: fire and sparking in absolutely every single episode this season. 354 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: So what are we doing in season five that I'm 355 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: so hype about. Well, here's what I can tell you. 356 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: The questions have shifted, and I feel it everywhere in 357 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: the world. You know, those who connect to the deeper 358 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: work are no longer asking how do I heal? That's 359 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: not the question anymore. They're asking how do I live? 360 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: Now that I've done the work in this ever changing, 361 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 1: complex and challenging world. So this is what we're here 362 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: for this season, not just more information, not theories. A 363 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: different relationship with the life that you are already living 364 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: is my intention. We are going to laugh more, because 365 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: Lord knows we need it. We're going to explore more. 366 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: We're going to sit inside of beauty and pleasure and 367 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: the kind of conversations that leave you feeling more alive, 368 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: not just more informed. You're there, you have the info. 369 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: It's everywhere. Now my work in that way is done. 370 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: That's what I've been fighting for and now I see 371 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: it everywhere and I'm so grateful. So we get to 372 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: take it a step further. We get to take it 373 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: into the next mile really of our lives and the 374 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: next versions of who we are. So you're going to 375 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: hear from guests who have truly earned their wisdom, people 376 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: whose perspective comes from having actually lived something and come 377 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: out on the other side and are holding the paradox 378 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: and the duality of healing and being alive. You're going 379 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: to hear more from my own voice, my reflections, my 380 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: own practices in real time, because that is where this 381 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: season wants to live. Soul Work is going to be deeper, 382 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: it's going to be more informed, It's going to be 383 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: shared in new and different ways. And absolutely every episode 384 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: there will be cues and opportunities to integrate without exception, 385 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: and if you're on substack again, there is an entire 386 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: experience waiting for you there. After every single episode drops, 387 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: There'll be those easter eggs, extra pictures, some playlists, the 388 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: soul work, and just more ways to connect. And something 389 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: that I'm really genuinely, deeply excited about is your voice 390 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: is going to be coming into this space this season. 391 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: I am going to be taking calls, I'm going to 392 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: be taking questions. I'm going to be having more time 393 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: to really explore some of the lived experience of all 394 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: the listeners join me every week. So more on that 395 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: is coming very very soon. But here's what I know 396 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,479 Speaker 1: about the people listening right now here is what I 397 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: know about everyone that finds their way to this show. 398 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: You are not here to be fixed. You already know 399 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: that there's more available to you, more ease, more beauty, 400 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: more liveness, more strategy, more depth in the way you 401 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: approach your life, and you're figuring out how to actually 402 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: access it, live it, and then share the wisdom that 403 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: you've gleaned from it. So that gap between knowing something 404 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: and living it, that is exactly where our community exists. 405 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: And it is a really good place to be. And 406 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: I am so glad, so glad that you're here. Excited. 407 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: Ah So I will meet you back here next week. 408 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,479 Speaker 1: This is Deeply Well, Season five. I'm Debbie Brown. Now mistay. 409 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: The content presented on Deeply Well serves solely for educational 410 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: and informational purposes. It should not be considered a replacement 411 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 1: for personalized medical or mental health guidance and does not 412 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: constitute a provider patient relationship. 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