Speaker 1: Maybe that's Lisa, and we're just two girls that want
Speaker 1: to have a conversation with you. Dear sixteen year old Andrea,
Speaker 1: Hey gorgeous, Dear younger Lauren. Each episode is stories from people.
Speaker 1: I would deprive myself by myself obsessively because I was
Speaker 1: eating healthy. I couldn't understand that I had a problem
Speaker 1: with food. Losing my period scared me the most. My
Speaker 1: story starts when I was around seven. That's when I
Speaker 1: started to hate my body. Body image is like our
Speaker 1: inner picture of our outer self. Healthy behaviors play a
Speaker 1: much bigger role at all health than the actual number
Speaker 1: on the scales. Internal dialogue could be so powerful and
Speaker 1: often it's super negative and critical in a way that
Speaker 1: we wouldn't talk to other people that we care about.
Speaker 1: When you start to share your story, that gives other
Speaker 1: people the courage to share theirs. I know you would
Speaker 1: be proud now of how far you have come in
Speaker 1: your relationship to food, exercise, and to yourself. I felt freedom,
Speaker 1: I've gained relationships. I've found my true sense of self worth.
Speaker 1: There's one thing I need you to take away. You're
Speaker 1: going to be happy New Year, Amy and everyone. Yes,
Speaker 1: I know I can't believe it. We made it. We're here, Yeah,
Speaker 1: we made it. It was a it was a rough one,
Speaker 1: but I think we're all kind of really eager to
Speaker 1: jump start into what's next. And I think that the
Speaker 1: idea of, you know, goals can be really overwhelming because
Speaker 1: they're framed so positively when it comes to health and fitness,
Speaker 1: and I think it's just important or what I'm doing personally,
Speaker 1: and perhaps Amy or anyone else can kind of just
Speaker 1: check in and feel what's right for you is I'm
Speaker 1: reflecting today. It's January two, and while everybody else is
Speaker 1: hopping into you know, their thirty day whatever plan, I
Speaker 1: want to really reflect on the past year because I
Speaker 1: did anything despite being really difficult. It taught us a
Speaker 1: lot about ourselves as individuals, about ourselves as a collective,
Speaker 1: and there is a lot to reflect on. And before
Speaker 1: we rush into to the next thirty days or whatever
Speaker 1: it is that you're thinking of one, I think it's
Speaker 1: important that you carry some of that wisdom with you,
Speaker 1: and that's kind of like your own pearl of wisdom.
Speaker 1: So we have a really great episode lined up for
Speaker 1: you today. It's very different than anything we've ever done.
Speaker 1: It's with my friend Kelsey patell She's been a guest
Speaker 1: on The Truthius Life, my podcast. If you listened, she's
Speaker 1: just an angel, and she's leading us through a really
Speaker 1: grounding meditation to really just kind of get centered right
Speaker 1: now when I feel like everyone else can kind of
Speaker 1: be going full speed into the future. So I I
Speaker 1: tested out the meditation myself, and I just wanted to
Speaker 1: give a little pro tip to anyone listening. So first
Speaker 1: of all, if you're like I can't meditate, like you know,
Speaker 1: notice that, notice that judgment of yourself and allow yourself
Speaker 1: to carve out twelve minutes. And if you live somewhere
Speaker 1: that's like warm or available to nature, whether it's sand
Speaker 1: or grass, if you can lie as close to the
Speaker 1: ground as possible, I think that's really going to be key.
Speaker 1: If you're so were cold and you're not leaving your house,
Speaker 1: totally fine too. I recommend just lying comfortably on the
Speaker 1: floor on maybe some pillows or a blanket and getting
Speaker 1: really cozy. So again, this is really just a juicy
Speaker 1: way to slow down while everybody else is rushing to
Speaker 1: what's next. So since you mentioned Pearls, Lisa and made
Speaker 1: me think of a quote, I read it the other day,
Speaker 1: so I thought I need to share this right now,
Speaker 1: so I just pulled it up and it's from Stephen Hohler.
Speaker 1: I think that's how you say his name, not sure,
Speaker 1: but he said, a pearl is a beautiful thing that
Speaker 1: is produced by an injured life. It is the tear
Speaker 1: that results from the injury of the oyster. The treasure
Speaker 1: of our being in this world is also produced by
Speaker 1: an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if
Speaker 1: we had not been injured, then we will not produce
Speaker 1: the pearl. Well, I mean, you would think that we
Speaker 1: planned this conversation. So the fact that you just brought
Speaker 1: that up and I randomly said pearl, I don't even
Speaker 1: think I've ever used that word, but I love that.
Speaker 1: I think that's the I didn't even realize that that's
Speaker 1: how kind of pearls are created. So just I think cumulatively,
Speaker 1: if we could all just take a moment to just
Speaker 1: think about whatever pearl of wisdom we're leaving, I think
Speaker 1: that really fits in nicely with your gratitude. Amy. And
Speaker 1: on another note, I have an online course for the Noise,
Speaker 1: Hunger and Fullness that's actually kicking off tomorrow, so Sunday,
Speaker 1: and if you haven't learned about it, you can go
Speaker 1: to fork the Noise dot com forward slash HF to
Speaker 1: kind of learn what it's about. But it's really about
Speaker 1: just reconnecting the mind and body and learning to listen
Speaker 1: without judgment and recognizing that every signal that your body
Speaker 1: sends you is because it's your friend, not your enemy,
Speaker 1: and that cognitive shift really changes everything. We also added
Speaker 1: payment plans because I know it's a tough time, so
Speaker 1: I'm just kind of listening and really hope that if
Speaker 1: you are interested in the course resonates with you, reach
Speaker 1: out to me to ask questions or I hope to
Speaker 1: see you in the class. Awesome. Okay, well Lisa, why
Speaker 1: don't you introduce what we're going to get into And
Speaker 1: I'm excited to do this practice along with every everybody else. Yeah, So,
Speaker 1: without further ado, let's be joined by Kelsey Patel for
Speaker 1: a beautiful intention setting meditation to kick off on the
Speaker 1: really grounded right foot. Hello, and welcome to your New
Speaker 1: Year's Grounding and intention Setting Ceremony and meditation practice. My
Speaker 1: name is Kelsey Patel, and I'm so excited to be
Speaker 1: here and share this journey with you as we close
Speaker 1: out a three hundred and sixty five day year and
Speaker 1: welcome the energy of a new year. As we prepare
Speaker 1: for this meditation practice, please just take a few moments
Speaker 1: to get settled inside of your body, inside of the
Speaker 1: space where your body is either seated or lying down.
Speaker 1: Perhaps if you need a more restorative practice today, they
Speaker 1: will both work just fine. And please give yourself permission
Speaker 1: to get nice and comfortable, to let your body feel
Speaker 1: the ability to fully relax, to completely surrender and just
Speaker 1: open up to this short journey today and whenever you
Speaker 1: feel ready, let's begin with a few deep breaths. Inhale
Speaker 1: and fill up the stomach, breath into the hips, and
Speaker 1: as you exhale, maybe open the mouth and just sigh
Speaker 1: it out a few more rounds like that, remembering wherever
Speaker 1: you are on this day, in this moment, you are
Speaker 1: safe to just surrender now, to let the shoulders soften.
Speaker 1: As you continue to just gently breathe in and out
Speaker 1: of the body, notice if there's any pent up energy,
Speaker 1: and see if you can give permission to just let
Speaker 1: it go. Because you find your next couple of breaths,
Speaker 1: see what else the body is holding and where else
Speaker 1: it might release. Now, there is no right or wrong
Speaker 1: in these practices. It simply just is as it is.
Speaker 1: So giving yourself that full permission to soften, to create
Speaker 1: a little more space, a little more opening. I'm from
Speaker 1: this place now, with your breath nice and easy, your
Speaker 1: body and a relaxed, restorative, yet open position, I'd like
Speaker 1: to invite you to focus on the energy of the
Speaker 1: Earth for a moment. The Earth that supports you, that
Speaker 1: holds you, the Earth that rises up to meet you
Speaker 1: with every step you take, every action and movement. The
Speaker 1: Earth is there, holding you and supporting you. And I'd
Speaker 1: like to ask you to just invite this energy of
Speaker 1: the Earth that's always there to create a connection between
Speaker 1: your physical body and the earth body. If you can
Speaker 1: invite your body to get completely grounded, feeling that synergy
Speaker 1: of energy between you and the Earth, thanking your body
Speaker 1: and all it does for you every day without you
Speaker 1: eating to even think about it. How it breathes for you,
Speaker 1: how it supports you when you move, I would hold
Speaker 1: you up when you sit or stand, and how resilient
Speaker 1: and capable this body is and shifting and moving as
Speaker 1: you two shift and change and move over the course
Speaker 1: of a year, over the course of a day, a lifetime,
Speaker 1: and in that same way that we thank the body,
Speaker 1: thinking the earth now or how it holds, since the
Speaker 1: ports and grounds you nurtures, the plants and the food,
Speaker 1: the medicine of the earth that we consume and replenish
Speaker 1: and restore our bodies with the water we drink, the
Speaker 1: flowers we smell, the herbs that support our bodies. Just
Speaker 1: taking a moment to feel that energy of gratitude between
Speaker 1: your physical body and the earth element body m we
Speaker 1: now invite you, with that energy of gratitude to just
Speaker 1: think about all of the things this past year has
Speaker 1: been for you, how you have shifted, how you have
Speaker 1: stood tall in some moments and perhaps wept or released
Speaker 1: in others, and just feel that connection to all you
Speaker 1: have experienced, accomplished, overcome, or felt or created or been
Speaker 1: guided by in this past year. And I now invite you,
Speaker 1: with all of that new energy of a new year
Speaker 1: to simply feel the connection and energy of gratitude of
Speaker 1: learning and wisdom and knowledge from this past year, perhaps
Speaker 1: about things that no longer serve you, belief systems that
Speaker 1: have been false and there are no longer helpful for
Speaker 1: you and your life or new awareness that has helped
Speaker 1: you grow become more connected to your innate value and
Speaker 1: worth in this world. And I now invite you to
Speaker 1: feel that sense of connection to the past year as
Speaker 1: you create a completely open vessel and portal in your physical, mental,
Speaker 1: and emotional bodies. MHM. For this upcoming year, Let it
Speaker 1: feel amazing, big, bright, and beautiful. Allow yourself to receive
Speaker 1: this energy of openness, of infinite, truly infinite possibilities for yourself.
Speaker 1: Let this energy just beam and shine through you. From
Speaker 1: my heart to yours. This energy of connection we share
Speaker 1: as humans, and the energy we share as we walk
Speaker 1: this earth together, as we grow and adapt and learn
Speaker 1: and change and create together, remembering who you really are,
Speaker 1: how truly divine and full of possibility and potential you are.
Speaker 1: You have an incredible purpose here on this physical earth,
Speaker 1: in your physical body. May this new year bring you
Speaker 1: even more abundance, health, prosperity, and love. From my heart
Speaker 1: to yours. May you remember who you truly are and
Speaker 1: receive all that is yours that you came here to be.
Speaker 1: I must say, and happy happy New Year,