WEBVTT - Staying Rooted In Our Authentic Power with Devi Brown 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Deeply Well. This show is a soft place

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<v Speaker 1>to land on your journey, a.

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<v Speaker 2>Space where we explore what it truly means to live

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<v Speaker 2>well from the inside out, not perfectly, but honestly, with

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<v Speaker 2>all the complexity, the paradox, the beauty, and the wonder

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<v Speaker 2>of being human. Because in a world that is constantly

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<v Speaker 2>pulling at us, this is the space to come back

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<v Speaker 2>to yourself, to your body, your truth, to the practices

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<v Speaker 2>that genuinely sustain you, the ones that work when life

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<v Speaker 2>is actually happening. This show is for the seekers, the creatives,

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<v Speaker 2>the sensitive ones, for everyone doing the quiet, courageous work

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<v Speaker 2>of becoming whole. This is deeply Well. Everyone, welcome back

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<v Speaker 2>to the show. This is deeply Well. And I am

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<v Speaker 2>Debbie Brown. I hope you are doing well. We are

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<v Speaker 2>at this point halfway through the summer. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>when you're catching this episode, but we are halfway through

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<v Speaker 2>the summer of twenty twenty six, and my lord, have

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<v Speaker 2>I had so many things going on, so many things

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about. It's been an interesting, interesting, interesting summer

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<v Speaker 2>I think for a lot of us. And that's just

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<v Speaker 2>me kind of like scanning the collective and seeing, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes what other people are saying on threads what people

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<v Speaker 2>are saying in my world.

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<v Speaker 1>But this summer is coming.

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<v Speaker 2>In hot in some big ways, And something I'm finding

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<v Speaker 2>for myself is I am deep in the processes of

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<v Speaker 2>what I describe in my book Living in Wisdom. We

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<v Speaker 2>are experiencing grief and joy happening at once, miraculous experiences

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<v Speaker 2>mixed in with some challenging is And we're in the

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<v Speaker 2>thick of mercury retrograde right now, and for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>In a while, I am feeling all of it. Every day,

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<v Speaker 1>I am feeling that.

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<v Speaker 2>Backward motion. This has been a spicy mercury retrograde. We've

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<v Speaker 2>also had a lot of other movement in the sky

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<v Speaker 2>this summer, some big, big movements with Uranus, with Neptune,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I am like feeling the spice and the

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<v Speaker 2>potency of the astrology of the moment and really deep ways,

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<v Speaker 2>also really exciting ways. I feel like the world is

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<v Speaker 2>shaking up yet again and creating some new pathways that

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<v Speaker 2>just haven't existed.

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<v Speaker 1>Before in a lot of ways.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're going to see how all of that continues

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<v Speaker 2>to move. But I hope it's been a beautiful summer

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<v Speaker 2>so far. I hope it's been useful so far. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trying to make all the energy that's present just as

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely useful as possible. A quote I love to live

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<v Speaker 2>by is I'm maximizing the energetic potential of the moment

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<v Speaker 2>for the highest good of all concerned. And so yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>energy is a moving in so many ways. It feels

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<v Speaker 2>like time is even sped up this summer. I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>curious if you're feeling that too. I've been really reminding

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<v Speaker 2>myself that even as I'm having like so many quick

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<v Speaker 2>fast changes, so many timeline jumps and ways that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>deeply integrating a lot of the foundations I've been preparing

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<v Speaker 2>in my life, it feels like it's flying by. Yet

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<v Speaker 2>I'm also trying to really deeply savor it, like sink

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<v Speaker 2>into it, try to breathe it while it's here, even

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<v Speaker 2>if the seconds feel quick. And that's been feeling really special.

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<v Speaker 2>I think back to other times in my life where

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<v Speaker 2>I might have been at one of these like big

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<v Speaker 2>grief joy junctures, or just really big shifts. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>thinking a lot about what new beginnings feel like. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>actually born on a new moon, and so new beginnings

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<v Speaker 2>are always a natural feeling for me astrologically for those

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<v Speaker 2>that you know follow their charts, which I'm realizing at

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<v Speaker 2>this point in my life has been a blessing in

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<v Speaker 2>ways for me because I am always naturally oriented.

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<v Speaker 1>To surrendering to.

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<v Speaker 2>The unknown and saying, okay, I feel something new is

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<v Speaker 2>emerging my answers yes period before I have to see

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<v Speaker 2>the whole picture. So I think this is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the first times in my life that I have been

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<v Speaker 2>able to move slow enough when in one of these

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<v Speaker 2>seasons to actually see and feel and understand that mechanism.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I've just been thinking a lot about how

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<v Speaker 2>that feels right now and then looking kind of, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>retrospectively at how that might have shown up in the

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<v Speaker 2>past when I wasn't able to be this slower this present.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm kind of giving you like the inner workings

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<v Speaker 2>of my mind or you know, how I approach the

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<v Speaker 2>fine details of the work sometimes of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Crevices, or.

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<v Speaker 2>How I'm looking to when I have a new understanding

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<v Speaker 2>really draw it back to also heal my lens of

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<v Speaker 2>perception that I may have held in the past and

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<v Speaker 2>definitely in the future. But it's really interesting. So I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to encourage anybody if you're having that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of summer that I'm describing to where you're like, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>it's moving fast, but I feel like even with that speed,

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<v Speaker 2>so much is like transforming for my long term path.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're feeling that fast and slow, but you know

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<v Speaker 2>the profound nature of forward movement, take a second, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can lean into this more deeply at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the episode, but take a second to really bear

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<v Speaker 2>witness to yourself right now, to really behold yourself and

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<v Speaker 2>look to understand in new ways whatever is present and

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<v Speaker 2>see how you can fine tune it, refine it, lock

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<v Speaker 2>into it in a way that is most advantageous and.

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<v Speaker 1>Healing for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Try to be really present for the conversations that are

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<v Speaker 2>happening in your life right now. Notice themes, notice patterns,

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<v Speaker 2>write things down, Notice you know, breakthrough thoughts, Notice the

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<v Speaker 2>quiet moments. Study the way you're traveling right now. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>something I think back to a lot when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to travel is like I had bought this book. My god,

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<v Speaker 2>the title is out of my brain, but it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>one of Mark Twain's books.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know people that know this are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be like girl.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a classic, but I cannot, for the life of

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<v Speaker 2>me remember the name Ah. But it's like a collection

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<v Speaker 2>of notes that Mark Twain was taking as he traveled,

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<v Speaker 2>and if I remember when I read it correctly, some

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<v Speaker 2>are very you know, wrong and controversial for the time,

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<v Speaker 2>but in the greater view of looking at how one

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<v Speaker 2>moves through the world, especially at a time when not

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<v Speaker 2>much was known about other places, and the kind of

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<v Speaker 2>really small, fine observational details he was taking, and that

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<v Speaker 2>used to be a common practice, especially at like the

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<v Speaker 2>turn of last century when the world really started opening

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<v Speaker 2>up because there was you know, more steamship travel, there was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, trains were moving faster and going farther places.

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<v Speaker 2>But definitely definitely our travel in the ocean changed dramatically

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<v Speaker 2>for people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, and so people were

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<v Speaker 2>seeing the world like for the first time in human

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<v Speaker 2>history at that amount.

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<v Speaker 1>So having like a travel.

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<v Speaker 2>Journal was a regular thing where you were just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of taking down notes and observing and then kind of

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<v Speaker 2>map making almost and coming back to tell the tale.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've just been thinking about that in my own experience.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as I've traveled the world, I've tried to

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes capture some of that so I can refer back

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<v Speaker 2>to it in captions of things I've posted, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my journals and diaries that I write in and notes

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<v Speaker 2>that I take in voice notes. But I really realized

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not doing it enough. Like when I think about

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<v Speaker 2>the things that really grab my attention while I'm moving

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<v Speaker 2>through the world, especially in new environments, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>enough to capture it with a couple words or just

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<v Speaker 2>a couple lines and sentences. And I think it's important

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<v Speaker 2>for us to do that and just have reference points

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<v Speaker 2>for our brains and our thoughts in the future to

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<v Speaker 2>connect with ourselves twenty thirty years from now.

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<v Speaker 1>Like who was I at that age?

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<v Speaker 2>Like I'm really loving that unfolding for myself right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, that came through hot and fast. So just

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<v Speaker 2>another little thing you might want to add into the summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Take some notes, study yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, notice how you're working, Notice really.

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<v Speaker 2>All of the unexpected beauty that's happening in between, and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even take note of some of the churning that

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<v Speaker 2>might be happening in between. I think this summer for

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<v Speaker 2>me twenty twenty six is going to go down in

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<v Speaker 2>history as one of the greatest, most meaningful, most loving,

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<v Speaker 2>most important, most evolutionary, nourishing. If I haven't said that, already,

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<v Speaker 2>fun and deep transformation, all summers of my life, all

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<v Speaker 2>with ease, all with grace for the highest good of

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<v Speaker 2>all concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, whew.

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<v Speaker 2>So since we last caught up, I've been on the

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<v Speaker 2>move a lot, y'all. I have so many stories I

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<v Speaker 2>want to share with you, so many breakthrough thoughts I'm having,

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<v Speaker 2>and new practices that I'm formulating. I had the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to spend a week this summer at can Lyon in France.

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<v Speaker 2>French Riviera France is one of my favorite countries of

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<v Speaker 2>all time, since I've been visiting, you know, over the

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<v Speaker 2>last maybe fifteen twenty years. It's always someplace that I

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<v Speaker 2>have a fast track to learn and grow and to

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<v Speaker 2>even feel like healing in my body. I feel my

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<v Speaker 2>best there, I feel my most inspired, and yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm most grateful.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was at can Lyon with the Wellness Oasis and.

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<v Speaker 1>We tore it down.

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<v Speaker 2>In partnership with LinkedIn with SymbioticA, with an espresso and

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<v Speaker 2>surrounded by just absolutely incredible conversations about healing, about community,

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<v Speaker 2>about well being. I can't wait to expand on this

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more in a future episode coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>but I had the chance to, and I'm still processing this,

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<v Speaker 2>so I will at some point share more deeply about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm also keeping it safe with myself for now

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<v Speaker 2>and just really enjoying it. Doesn't need to be turned

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<v Speaker 2>into content immediately, you know. But I had a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to just sit with the Queen of my heart in conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>the inc parable Oprah Winfrey. It was one of the

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<v Speaker 2>most breathtaking days of my life in so many ways.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was also just my god like, so so nourishing,

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<v Speaker 2>like watching her generosity with me, with the audience, with

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<v Speaker 2>the city itself was oh profound, shifting, exceptional, extraordinary in

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<v Speaker 2>ways that like none of the photos or like videos

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<v Speaker 2>can really even capture or convey. So I'm still amassing

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<v Speaker 2>the language for it, so I'm holding it safe and

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<v Speaker 2>enjoying it for everything that she has always meant to

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<v Speaker 2>me as a woman, as a child, as a soul

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<v Speaker 2>on earth, and everything that I know she has meant

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<v Speaker 2>to just absolutely hundreds of millions of us, So huh, crazy, amazing,

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<v Speaker 2>so grateful. And then not long after I traveled there.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I popped back home for a few days,

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<v Speaker 2>locked in with my sweet boy Quest, the most amazing

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<v Speaker 2>sun who's just having the summer of his dreams, which

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<v Speaker 2>is really a ninety kid summer because it's very pear down.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's eight and he is just like, oh my gosh, becoming.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just becoming right now, and it's so special to

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<v Speaker 2>witness and to be with and to make space for.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're having a blast. I have a new garden

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<v Speaker 2>in my backyard that got put in at the very

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<v Speaker 2>start of summer, and it's been so special, like tending

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<v Speaker 2>the soil back there and spending time with my son.

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<v Speaker 1>It gets really hot, really hot where I live.

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<v Speaker 2>So spending time with my son watering and tending to

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<v Speaker 2>it at dusk and in the early morning hours.

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<v Speaker 1>So God, I've been loving that. Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>That is you know, that is the hack and the

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<v Speaker 2>cheat code for old time. Like get your hands dirty

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<v Speaker 2>and not with like terrible things. Don't get your hands dirty,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, with crime, with wickedness, with like weird things.

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<v Speaker 2>Get your hands dirty with the earth, like put your

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<v Speaker 2>hands to the soil, help something grow, build something create,

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<v Speaker 2>It's just It's always been one of my favorite things,

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<v Speaker 2>which may be just like the ADHD in me, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh the way that.

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<v Speaker 2>Just helps me come back to myself, especially if there's

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<v Speaker 2>like challenge or just tough days, long days, hot days,

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<v Speaker 2>but just being able to be like really in the

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<v Speaker 2>present moment with creation with your own body.

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<v Speaker 1>Whew. So I did that for a few days.

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<v Speaker 2>And then my Lord back at it. Summer is like

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<v Speaker 2>high high travels summer and fall for me for work

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<v Speaker 2>especially and just you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, learning and growing.

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<v Speaker 2>And so not long after that, I traveled to one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most sacred places for my heart where I'm

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<v Speaker 2>honored to serve on the board the Omega Institute for

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<v Speaker 2>Holistic Studies, which is in upstate New York, Rhinebeck, New York,

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<v Speaker 2>to be specific, and I led a retreat there which

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<v Speaker 2>is based on the framework of my book Living in Wisdom.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was my first time back on campus leading

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<v Speaker 2>a retreat. I want to say, I haven't done a

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<v Speaker 2>retreat there in the last two years. So it's so

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<v Speaker 2>special for me and potent and serendipitous to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to get back to campus.

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<v Speaker 1>I oh God, I love that space.

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<v Speaker 2>And I live in La so it's a travel baby,

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<v Speaker 2>like we are getting on that long playing ride and

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<v Speaker 2>then it's like this idealic, stunning dry that usually is

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<v Speaker 2>between two and three hours from there, but it's through

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<v Speaker 2>all the windy roads of getting to Upstate New York,

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<v Speaker 2>which if you haven't had a chance to go yet,

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<v Speaker 2>oh summer and fall, like just stunning, just so amazing,

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<v Speaker 2>being surrounded by trees and different bodies of water as

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<v Speaker 2>you just kind of wind your way up. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>some years when I travel by myself, like almost the

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<v Speaker 2>whole time, i just have the window cracked a bit,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm leaning my head out the window, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>like cleansing my spirit and cleansing my eyes and my

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<v Speaker 2>perception with all of that stunning nature on the way there,

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<v Speaker 2>and just letting my thoughts leave me as I get there.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm kind of arriving as a hollow bone, as

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<v Speaker 2>an empty vessel, and you know, just being open to

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<v Speaker 2>what is meant to like move through me, what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>to learn, what I meant to in this moment, be

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about, dreaming about doing, And so it felt really amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Over the years, I've done a few different kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>retreats there. I did the Women Who Heal Retreat for

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of years with my friend Queen Afua.

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<v Speaker 1>I also did.

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<v Speaker 2>An Energy Healing retreat there, Women in Leadership Women in

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<v Speaker 2>Power Retreat there, but this was the first retreat Living

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<v Speaker 2>in Wisdom Retreat. It was the first retreat rooted deeply.

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<v Speaker 1>In the development and the buildable.

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<v Speaker 2>Nature of creating personal practice and rooted in the tenets

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<v Speaker 2>of what my book is rooted in, so devotion, self mastery, grief, joy, integrity,

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<v Speaker 2>practice process. Something I say all the time and especially

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<v Speaker 2>if you follow my self Care simplified substack, it's all

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<v Speaker 2>theory until you put it into practice. That was one

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<v Speaker 2>of the biggest reasons I wrote my book. You can

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<v Speaker 2>read all the self help books, you can watch all

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<v Speaker 2>the master classes, you can listen to every episode of

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<v Speaker 2>this and others podcasts. But until you kind of hunker

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<v Speaker 2>down and take root in the practical nature of practicing

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<v Speaker 2>every single day who you are, who you're becoming, utilizing

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<v Speaker 2>your tools in real time, your life doesn't change. So

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<v Speaker 2>if that's you one, don't judge yourself, and don't get

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<v Speaker 2>mad at me because I'm saying it out loud right now,

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<v Speaker 2>but just notice that, you know, if you have been

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<v Speaker 2>really putting a lot into the work of yourself, but

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<v Speaker 2>you're not noticing a relief in your own inner suffering,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're not noticing dynamics begin to shift and change

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<v Speaker 2>and grow in a more positive and aligned direction in

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<v Speaker 2>your life and in the people that are coming into

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<v Speaker 2>your world, or the conversations you're having, or the opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>you're having. It's so important to notice that because something

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<v Speaker 2>does need to shift, something does need to change. You

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<v Speaker 2>do need to find ways to start slowly integrating all

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<v Speaker 2>of your life's experiences and the work that you've done

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<v Speaker 2>in a way that helps things change form for you

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<v Speaker 2>inenter and out, internally and externally. And so it is

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<v Speaker 2>my belief, with absolute personal conviction and certainty that self care,

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<v Speaker 2>mindfulness practices creating the scaffolding to support the work that

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<v Speaker 2>you've done, implementing certain processes and certain ways to regulate

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<v Speaker 2>yourself when triggered in those new processes are absolutely positively

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<v Speaker 2>essential and you can't really pass go until you lock

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<v Speaker 2>into that. So for me, that's exciting because that means potential.

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<v Speaker 2>That means that there is opportunity and that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>path forward. And so that was my intention with the

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<v Speaker 2>Living and Wisdom retreat. And I think there is something

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<v Speaker 2>that is absolutely so special about gathering in spaces where

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<v Speaker 2>people are very intentionally stepping away from the pace of

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<v Speaker 2>everyday life to connect with themselves, to go on and retreat.

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<v Speaker 2>It really means to you know, if you think of

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<v Speaker 2>it in times of war, it means you know, you're

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like pulling away way, but you're pulling away

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<v Speaker 2>to save yourself, or you're pulling away to save the

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<v Speaker 2>kingdom or to save the people out on the battlefield.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think when we think of retreating, you are

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<v Speaker 2>pulling away to save self, to remember self, to pour

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<v Speaker 2>into self. And it's incredibly important that the experience you

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<v Speaker 2>choose for yourself is really aligned with what it is

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<v Speaker 2>that you want and desire for you and your life.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in.

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<v Speaker 2>Very traditional retreating, a very pure sense of spiritual retreating,

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<v Speaker 2>going inward and also developing ways and cultivating ways to

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<v Speaker 2>completely take off the roles.

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<v Speaker 1>That you play and open to some of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Creativity and messy middle even and divine unknown and awkwardness

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<v Speaker 2>of not instantly knowing how to fill that space you've created.

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<v Speaker 2>So every retreat I do over the many years that

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<v Speaker 2>I've had the pleasure of being able to facilitate this

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<v Speaker 2>kind of work and be in healing containers with others.

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<v Speaker 2>Reminds me that wisdom isn't something that we are just accumulating.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not knowledge, it's something that we practice. It's really

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<v Speaker 2>a lived and breathed.

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<v Speaker 1>Mastery. We cultivate it through reflection, through self.

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<v Speaker 2>Inquiry, through courage, through rest, through community, and through our

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<v Speaker 2>willingness to keep showing up for ourselves again and again,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when it's cringe most especially when you really don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to and it's annoying or hard or sometimes a

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<v Speaker 2>little too invocative. So I am carrying so much gratitude

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<v Speaker 2>from those experiences that I was able to share with

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<v Speaker 2>this absolutely incredible group of women that showed up, that

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<v Speaker 2>showed out, that did with the work, that connected deeply

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<v Speaker 2>with themselves and each other. So much gratitude from those

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<v Speaker 2>experiences that I just had into today's conversation. So wherever

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<v Speaker 2>you're joining me from today, whether you are on a

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<v Speaker 2>walk with me, whether you're driving with me, you're folding laundry,

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<v Speaker 2>or simply taking in a few moments for yourself, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just really glad that you're here. I'm really glad that

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<v Speaker 2>you're connecting to the moment of your life, the work

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, and whatever that uniquely means for you.

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<v Speaker 2>However that's taking forms for you. So let's continue to

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<v Speaker 2>dive a little bit deeper into these into this beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>conversation and how can we utilize this kind of an

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<v Speaker 2>energy for becoming for being? Okay, one second, quick question,

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<v Speaker 2>So is that it for this of what's on the screen? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So then don't get into episode two, just like stay there, yeah, okay, perfect, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So all right, still rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So I shared with you you know, this retreat was

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<v Speaker 2>rooted in the processes and the practices of the books.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you read my book Living in Wisdom, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>That I have my pillars of practices, the things that

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<v Speaker 2>I think are just non the bociable and highly transformational

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<v Speaker 2>somatic processes for the journey. Also, I believe in spending

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of time with grief and then taking the

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<v Speaker 2>slow time to develop and build your tolerance and ability

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<v Speaker 2>and capacity to receive.

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<v Speaker 1>And hold joy and love.

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<v Speaker 2>So tools for healing grief and embracing that joy were

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<v Speaker 2>really integral parts of this retreat because they are the

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<v Speaker 2>integral parts of integral parts of the human experience and

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<v Speaker 2>what it is too be a soul on earth having

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<v Speaker 2>a human experience. So the practices that we rooted deeply in,

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<v Speaker 2>especially for this retreat we had five days, were daily

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<v Speaker 2>meditation and multiple times a day connecting to meditation, to

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<v Speaker 2>breath work, a lot of self inquiry, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>deep journaling and creations of really powerful personal creeds and

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<v Speaker 2>affirmations to align with the highest vision of this highest.

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<v Speaker 1>Self, and really.

0:27:23.640 --> 0:27:30.399
<v Speaker 2>Personally designed strategies to release limiting beliefs in real time,

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<v Speaker 2>especially as we feel them creeping up and in and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, systems for cultivating our boundaries and continuing to

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<v Speaker 2>expand our awareness at every moment moving forward in the journey.

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<v Speaker 2>We use a lot of techniques to integrate, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing in this wisdom that we've amassed, and also, depending

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<v Speaker 2>on what your background is and belief is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing in in some of the the power and depth

0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:06.400
<v Speaker 2>that you have already amassed in your personal spiritual systems

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<v Speaker 2>or family systems of belief, in your connection to God

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<v Speaker 2>and your connection to Source, to the Divine Creator, and

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<v Speaker 2>in your connection to also you know, what are truly

0:28:21.840 --> 0:28:28.040
<v Speaker 2>originally ancient practices and ancient wisdom, but however you receive

0:28:28.160 --> 0:28:31.520
<v Speaker 2>them in this modern world. Really being able to weave

0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:36.359
<v Speaker 2>them into modern challenges in real time, it's so important.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think having space to practice and to try

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<v Speaker 2>on these new ways of being, to try on our becoming,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in group with other people doing the same thing,

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<v Speaker 2>who all of us have something to offer in something

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<v Speaker 2>to receive from one another when we come in environments

0:28:56.400 --> 0:29:03.120
<v Speaker 2>like this, when we're really in true, safe and reciprocal community.

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<v Speaker 1>And then also.

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<v Speaker 2>Having the companionship of me in the room, of having

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<v Speaker 2>a teacher in the room, of someone to be in

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<v Speaker 2>the crevices of the refinement in real time with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that kind of spiritual, emotional, somatic companionship in

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<v Speaker 2>presence is incredibly important for being able to confidently connect

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<v Speaker 2>to the practices and then to have the connection and

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<v Speaker 2>space to then return to them when you're just on

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<v Speaker 2>your own and no one else is in the room.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just when I look at the work that

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<v Speaker 2>was accomplished in that room, I am just blown away.

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<v Speaker 2>I also had, oh my God, an incredible co teacher

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<v Speaker 2>that joined me. I have to say, oh, a huge

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<v Speaker 2>thank you to Paris Alexander, who has an incredible wellness

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<v Speaker 2>center in Brooklyn. She's also based in Harlem. We had

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of, you know, a challenge in the

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<v Speaker 2>last moments, like the day before setting off on retreat,

0:30:22.600 --> 0:30:26.160
<v Speaker 2>my dear Sam Samantha who you've heard her name on

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<v Speaker 2>this show for many years many times, was going to

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<v Speaker 2>be leading yoga at the retreat and had a had

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<v Speaker 2>something come up, and it was this last minute thing.

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<v Speaker 2>We were like, oh my god, what are we going

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<v Speaker 2>to do? Where will we how will we have the

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<v Speaker 2>power of movement? And in the in the last final hour,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we were just perfectly aligned with Paris and

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<v Speaker 2>her work and her sacred yes of just heading straight

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<v Speaker 2>there with us and arriving on campus the night before

0:31:04.280 --> 0:31:09.000
<v Speaker 2>as I got there with another team member on my team, Victoria,

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<v Speaker 2>and I mean knocked it out the park. She brought

0:31:15.480 --> 0:31:24.280
<v Speaker 2>such powerful movement practice. She brought to life the postures

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<v Speaker 2>and positions that I've outlined in my book, and then

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<v Speaker 2>so much more from her long tenured wisdom and practice

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<v Speaker 2>and process, serving her community and just being a great, seasoned,

0:31:39.920 --> 0:31:43.720
<v Speaker 2>accomplished teacher, and she brought all of that into the room.

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<v Speaker 2>We were doing some amazing things from doing singing and

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<v Speaker 2>humming and toning with our movement, adding in some pilates

0:31:56.480 --> 0:32:01.760
<v Speaker 2>matt movement, and then different group practices and processes and

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<v Speaker 2>it was just so so so potent, so powerful. If

0:32:08.040 --> 0:32:11.920
<v Speaker 2>you're listening to this queen, thank you, thank you, thank

0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:15.200
<v Speaker 2>you truly from the depths of my heart for everything

0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:16.440
<v Speaker 2>that you brought into that space.

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<v Speaker 1>It was incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had Parises and she'll be linked in the

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<v Speaker 2>episode notes below too, so check her out, especially if

0:32:24.840 --> 0:32:28.080
<v Speaker 2>you're on the East coast. But we started our days

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<v Speaker 2>with meditation and then moved into movement.

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<v Speaker 1>With Paris, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was powerful and potent. Paris Alexandra, thank you,

0:32:38.880 --> 0:32:42.720
<v Speaker 2>thank you, thank you. And then we worked with breathwork

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<v Speaker 2>and then a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot

0:32:44.720 --> 0:32:48.440
<v Speaker 2>a lot of self inquiry, time for us, time for

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<v Speaker 2>frault looking, time for group sharing and questions and living

0:32:55.680 --> 0:33:03.520
<v Speaker 2>the answers so very special, the reflections, the shared experiences

0:33:03.560 --> 0:33:09.920
<v Speaker 2>and the room, the partner activities, the facilitated dialogues, it

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<v Speaker 2>was just beautiful. Retreat and heal were the chapters that

0:33:13.920 --> 0:33:16.600
<v Speaker 2>we worked off of. If if you've worked with my

0:33:16.640 --> 0:33:18.880
<v Speaker 2>book and want to revisit that and kind of move

0:33:18.880 --> 0:33:20.800
<v Speaker 2>along with some of the processes we have.

0:33:21.520 --> 0:33:23.040
<v Speaker 1>I really invite you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>That wherever you are in the world. We worked with

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<v Speaker 2>grieving and releasing, with devotion, with boundaries, with joy and

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<v Speaker 2>authentic power, and with self love as divine love. So

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<v Speaker 2>those were the pages that we work through in the book.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a ball bringing this to life, so I'm

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<v Speaker 2>figuring it out.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now I'm thinking a lot about and I'll continue

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<v Speaker 2>to through the rest of the summer. If I want

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<v Speaker 2>to do this retreat again, where I'll do it, I

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<v Speaker 2>know certainly moving into twenty twenty seven, I plan to

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<v Speaker 2>do a lot based out of the LA area. So

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<v Speaker 2>pretty soon you'll see me announcing some special meditation and

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<v Speaker 2>teaching intensives that'll be about two and a half days

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<v Speaker 2>long that I'll be doing out here in the LA

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<v Speaker 2>and Malibu area. So if that feels like it's it

0:34:17.560 --> 0:34:21.080
<v Speaker 2>interests you, definitely sign up for the newsletter and sign

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<v Speaker 2>up for my substacks Self Care Simplified, and I'll have

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<v Speaker 2>more information coming out about that soon. So the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that I think really to close up this episode is

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<v Speaker 2>not lost on me is the power of practice. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've shared a quote from an old teacher many times

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<v Speaker 2>on this show and other places that really struck me,

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<v Speaker 2>which was they said motivation is the lowest form of inspiration,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that is so true. Until you find

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<v Speaker 2>a way to inspire yourself from within, from your own story,

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<v Speaker 2>from your own reverence, you won't be able to really

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<v Speaker 2>get I think, the full power of the work that

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing. So you know, get motivation where you need it.

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<v Speaker 2>But the moment you can kind of let go of

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<v Speaker 2>being motivated by outside external sources and really light that

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<v Speaker 2>flame from the inside and activate your inner inspiration, that's

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<v Speaker 2>when your life really changes powerfully. That's when you get

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<v Speaker 2>to really understand what your authentic power is, how to

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<v Speaker 2>stand in it, how to be it, how to share it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then also I think my biggest takeaway from the

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<v Speaker 2>retreat was I am on fire.

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<v Speaker 1>For meditation again. I have been.

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<v Speaker 2>I have my personal practice every day that I do,

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<v Speaker 2>which in this season of my life is on my

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<v Speaker 2>best days, an hour, but I try to add minimum

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<v Speaker 2>right now in this kind of busier season, get thirty

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<v Speaker 2>to forty five minutes of meditation per day. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>on fire for teaching it again. I am so I

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<v Speaker 2>have been a meditation teacher in terms of certification for

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<v Speaker 2>over ten years. I've been teaching it in different forms.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been practicing for about fifteen and I'm just on

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<v Speaker 2>fire for teaching it again. And so that really came

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<v Speaker 2>through this retreat like locking in having, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>room full of women who are not meditators, the vast majority,

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<v Speaker 2>be able to meditate for five days in a row

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<v Speaker 2>and watch watch you know that opening happen, that glimpse

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<v Speaker 2>of the soul the and it didn't take long, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was after the first session. People were really able

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<v Speaker 2>to sync into their own personal practice and make it theirs.

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<v Speaker 2>And that just brought so much electricity and energy and

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<v Speaker 2>joy to.

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<v Speaker 1>My soul and my heart.

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<v Speaker 2>So if there are you know, any of the ladies

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<v Speaker 2>who are at the Living in Wisdom Retreat at the

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<v Speaker 2>Omega Institute that are listening, congratulations.

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<v Speaker 1>I am so proud of you.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't wait to see how all this work unfolds,

0:37:25.600 --> 0:37:28.600
<v Speaker 2>and any that are feeling deeply connected from listening to

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<v Speaker 2>this episode Lock into the practices of my book, Lock

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<v Speaker 2>into meditation, and I hope to see you at a

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<v Speaker 2>future retreat, but also look around and see, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if there's anyone else that is leading retreats that you

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<v Speaker 2>feel really you know, connected to something sparks inside of you.

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<v Speaker 1>Go for it. Go for it, go for it, do it,

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<v Speaker 1>start it, begin it. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>That is this episode of the Deeply Well podcast. Your

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<v Speaker 2>soul work to integrate for this episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Is meditate. Take some time to meditate. And if meditation

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<v Speaker 1>has felt like something that has been a little out

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<v Speaker 1>of your reach, I just really encourage you.

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<v Speaker 2>To try again and to let yourself kind of be

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<v Speaker 2>in the discomforts of it so you can have the

0:38:20.080 --> 0:38:22.600
<v Speaker 2>breakthrough moment of it too. And if you need a

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<v Speaker 2>little help in that, I have meditations available on insight

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<v Speaker 2>timer guided ones that you can connect to first. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for listening as always, big love Now Mistay.

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