1 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in through your nose. Hold it now, 2 00:00:37,280 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: release slowly again deep in, helle hold release, repeating internally 3 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: to yourself as you connect to my voice. I am deeply, 4 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: deeply well. I am deeply well. I am deeply well. 5 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown and this is the Deeply Well Podcast. Hi, 6 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown. Welcome to Deeply Well, a podcast for 7 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: those that are curious, creative, and ready to expand in 8 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: higher consciousness and self care. This is where we heal, 9 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: this is where we become. Welcome back to this show. 10 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. So this is a solo episode, and 11 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: I have some musings for you. I am so deeply 12 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: rooted planted in summer, so many experiences and thoughts, and 13 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: I really want to tap in on how potent and 14 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: spiritual the summer can actually be for us. I have 15 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: found over the course of my life that summer can 16 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: truly deeply be a portal of acceleration for us in 17 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: so many areas of our growth. I've been examining why 18 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: I think that's the case quite a bit, especially this year. 19 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: So we're going to dive into some of that, and 20 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: I am going to share some exciting news at the 21 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: end of this episode about a very special meditation series 22 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: that we will be launching right here on the podcast. 23 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: So just to set the stage, I'm actually recording this 24 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: episode at home. I'm not at our beautiful set at 25 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: WTF Studios, and I'm sitting in my office and I'm 26 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: looking out of the window watching my son have a 27 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: swim lesson my little questibear turn. He is so crazy 28 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: that little boy just jumped straight in. He is he 29 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: just turned six, he is headed to first grade. And 30 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: so there is so much that is really changing and 31 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: growing about me, even in this season as I'm observing him, 32 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: that has felt so expansive and so special for any 33 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: other any other parents that may happen to be listening, 34 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: are those that observe young children. You know, it's I 35 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: think one of the things that we've all come to know. 36 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: It's this universal truth that we're told is that, you know, 37 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: our children are teachers, and they allow us to really 38 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: become if we allow it and if we surrender to it, 39 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: the most purposeful, refined, masterful versions of ourselves. But it 40 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: does take work, and it does take process. And I 41 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: think the thing that has been really special for me 42 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: this summer I took quite a bit of time off 43 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: from my regular workflow since January because I've been writing 44 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: the book Living in Wisdom, and I'm gonna have some 45 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: details on that soon, like pre order stuff soon. But 46 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: I realized that, you know, I'm somebody that has been 47 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: working multiple jobs since I was about sixteen years old, 48 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: and for those that have followed my career long term, 49 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: I used to be a badge carrying member of you know, 50 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: the hustle culture and team No Sleep, and you know, 51 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: I wore my workaholicism as truly a badge of honor. 52 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: But then as soon as I got to know the 53 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: real me, I didn't need that anymore. I didn't need 54 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: to make something else my identity, like my work self 55 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: or my work life. And it was hard to kind 56 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: of deprogram, but I allowed myself to really find out 57 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: how purpose wanted to be shared through me, whether or 58 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: not that was something popular, whether or not that was 59 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: something that garnered validation or garnered attention or praise or criticism. 60 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: I just had to see how it worked for me. 61 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: And that was definitely quite the process I've shared in 62 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: previous episodes, you know, kind of ways to create new 63 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: creative flows and creative habits and the way that we work. 64 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: But I think one of the biggest, biggest things we 65 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: can do for ourselves is choose to divest from the 66 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: zeitgeist of whatever is popular in this time. And that's 67 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: a challenging thing to do, and it's also sometimes feels 68 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: like damn near courageous thing to be counterculture. But you know, 69 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: we really have to look at not just the idea 70 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: of hustle that's been around forever in different terms, but 71 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: this kind of false belief I think in large part 72 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: to social media performance over the last ten years of 73 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: what is actually considered real success and versus what are 74 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: kind of grabs for attention, and they fill ourselves, but 75 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: they don't really bless or help anyone else. And it's 76 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: hard to do to deprogram from this kind of flow 77 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: of the culture that has absolutely been beneficial for so 78 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: many Over the last ten years, we've seen so many, 79 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: so many people around the world become multimillionaires, bring their 80 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: families generational freedom, and acquire new wealth and new ways 81 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: of spreading that wealth in the world. And as with everything, 82 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: their shadow side and there's disconnection, and there is a 83 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: lot of projection and performance in quite a few ways, 84 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: and so to really kind of take a moment to 85 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: look at whatever the zeitgeist of now is and see 86 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: how you're flowing with that. And one of the things 87 00:06:54,760 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 1: that I'm saying is this kind of connection to self 88 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: aggrandizing but not a lot of reverence for the work 89 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: that is actually being created. It's just about what you 90 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: can get people to pay for things. And as I'm 91 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: sure most that listen to the show, No, I have 92 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: a significant problem with that, and I reject that in 93 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: a lot of ways. But AnyWho, I digress. I say, Oh, 94 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: that's to say back in January, I realized that I 95 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: was kind of taking that understanding to the next level 96 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: for myself of deprogramming, and I needed to really create 97 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: active space to create. And so that meant changing my 98 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: flow and not taking a couple clients, taking pause from 99 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: a couple clients this year, a couple of businesses this year, 100 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: so I didn't have to travel so much, so I 101 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: could have this space to really think and write and 102 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: create and spend a lot more time with my son. 103 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: And I'm so grateful for that, especially as a single mom, 104 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: just so grateful for that gift of space and time 105 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: because as a child that was raised by a single 106 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: mom that didn't have that privilege and that benefit. I 107 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: know what a loss that is for both the child 108 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: and the parent. So I've been really grateful for that, 109 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: and in the flow of that, it's been so fun 110 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: getting to know my son at this current stage of 111 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: his life, going into first grade. Right, he has his 112 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: sense of self really starting to emerge, Like his personality 113 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: is so clear, and the ways that he's growing. It's 114 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: just significant, this bridge of time, and I think that 115 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: is what is so special about summer in general for us. 116 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: You know, I think back to for my whole life. 117 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: I used to say summer is my favorite time of 118 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: the year. A couple of reasons, my birthdays in June, 119 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: she and Gemini school is out. But also it's just 120 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: you get to get a different relationship with time in 121 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: the summer, right, we talk about those dog days of summer, 122 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: but having more light, having more sunshine, sun medicine, having 123 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: the ability to kind of be outside. And there is 124 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: this casualness to everyone because even if you're working you 125 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: know a lot of people, still there's just the sense 126 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: that things are a little bit lighter and easier. Everyone's 127 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: mood is slightly elevated. Things don't seem so serious. There 128 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: is this ease, this ability to move a little bit 129 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: slower sometimes because of the heat. And also it's just 130 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: it's this bridge. A lot of people are taking time 131 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: with their kids. School is out, Traffic is typically lighter 132 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: because schedules have changed. Like there's just an air of 133 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: ease for so many and time off for so many. 134 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: And I say this so often, but I am a 135 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: believer in maximizing the energetic potential that is available to us, 136 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: and sum there's no exception to that it can be 137 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: a magnificent portal for trying new things. There are more 138 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: hours of daylight, which means that naturally for many of us, 139 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: depending on your unique body, there is this natural vitality 140 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: that is permeating the ambient energy that is all around us. 141 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: And so it feels like we're given even more power 142 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: from source, more power from creation. Our batteries feel a 143 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: little more charged, we feel a little more primal, and 144 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: we're also detoxing naturally because we're sweating more. So there's 145 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: a lot of specialness here that we don't always have 146 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 1: the opportunity to slow down enough to recognize, or our 147 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: minds aren't always connected to that kind of tract of thought, 148 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: but these are the things that I see, and these 149 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: are the things that I think about quite a bit, 150 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: and so summer has magic to it. A couple of 151 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: years ago I put on Instagram healed girl summer, Have 152 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: a healed girl summer, And I think every summer can 153 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: really feel that way, no matter where you are in 154 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: your journey. And I'm not saying you have to be 155 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: obviously perfect. There's no such thing, and you don't have 156 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: to be quote unquote fully healed, because there is no 157 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: such thing. Healing is the work of our lifetimes. But 158 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: it is a place where you can kind of rest 159 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: in the depth of healing you've done thus far, and 160 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: then let some of these natural elemental energies kind of 161 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: take over and guide you into a little bit of 162 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: that serendipity and synchronicity. So as we kind of start 163 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: the summer, my birthday is a few days before summer Solstice, 164 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: and summer Solstice is, without a doubt for me, one 165 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: of my favorite times of the year. I found that 166 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: it's just such a portal of acceleration for me in 167 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: so many regards, and it's been interesting noticing this summer. 168 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: Last summer, recorded an episode that was called I think 169 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: it was called Summer in Paris, and I had a 170 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: very European summer this time last year. I was in 171 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 1: Paris with a few of my girlfriends. I mean we 172 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: were going on trips and journeys in the forest and 173 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: you know, sauntering through these museums, having romantic dinners, going 174 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: to clubs. It was just really special. And then I 175 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: went to a dear girlfriend's wedding in Pulia, Italy, and 176 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: went to Rome with some friends, and so I felt 177 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: so free and so flirty and so just like yummy. 178 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: Last summer and this summer, I've kind of been in 179 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: the thick of I'm coming out of being in the 180 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: thick of my process. I turned my book and actually 181 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: on my birthday, so yes, Lord for that little portal. 182 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: And it's just been incredible how many full circle moments 183 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: have begun to expand for me this summer. And I 184 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: think I'm kind of open to talking so deeply about 185 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: my process today because I hope it will ignite in 186 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: each person that's listening right now a desire to just 187 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: kind of come into a recapitulation for yourself and recapitulation 188 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: is kind of this step by step walk through observation 189 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: of your day or your life or a moment in time. 190 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: And this feels like a time that that could be 191 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 1: incredibly serving for each of us. So I'll share a 192 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: little bit more of my process this episode, and I 193 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: invite you to start, if it feels resonant, to identify 194 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: some things for yourself and spend some time to go 195 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: back to this. So let's kick off. I want to 196 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 1: catch up on summer, so let you know my feelings 197 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: of summer. Why it's an accelerating portal and a good 198 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: time to really just be with yourself, but in a 199 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: very romantic, yummy, nurturing kind of sexy way, primal way. 200 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: I kicked off the summer with my birth. So this 201 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: year was my thirty ninth trip around the sun. She 202 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: in that last little leg baby this third decade, and 203 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever felt so young, so unburdened, 204 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: so free. I feel like the culmulination of a lot 205 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: of the expensive kind of inner work I was really 206 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: focused on for myself in the last five years has 207 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: just reached, you know, its glorious completion. And so this 208 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: is really the first time in my life that I've 209 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: had space for new feelings, which I didn't even know 210 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: I was longing for that until it arrived. I didn't 211 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: know that was available to me. And it's here, and 212 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: as I'm getting used to it and kind of subtling 213 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: inside of it, it's really quite wonderful. It's really quite 214 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: special to have access to think of thoughts I haven't 215 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: thought of before. And as someone that is a lifelong 216 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: deep feeler and deep thinker, constantly contemplating the universe, much 217 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: to the confusion of the majority of people I'm close 218 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: to in my life, but that's what I'm here to do. 219 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: It's just felt exceptional, extraordinary to have access to so 220 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: many new thoughts and feelings, and to have like a 221 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: true dissolving and surrender and relinquishment and release of thoughts 222 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: that I'd probably been thinking for at least twenty years. 223 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: They've been completed, and so just having this space, it's like, oh, yes, 224 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: So this year on my birthday. Normally for my birthday, 225 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: I love to do special things for the people in 226 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: my life, so I usually have a really kind of 227 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: celebration with you know, maybe fifty people, but these are 228 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: old people that I'm close close with so like past 229 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: the level of maybe fond acquaintance, and these are people 230 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: that I really do do life with. Even if we 231 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: only talk once a year, there is this way that 232 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: we are tracking each other over time and connecting at 233 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: the deepest layer possible. And so for the last few years, 234 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: I've always held like this big kind of spiritual rager 235 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: in my backyard and we're usually dabbling and dipping in 236 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: some medicines and some fun and there's a DJ and 237 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: music and most likely selection or selection vibes and fire 238 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: and drums and it's just always incredible. And this year, 239 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: I think, especially because I'm not quite forty yet and 240 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: that is such a milestone year, I just felt so 241 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: called to be alone. And my life has felt so 242 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,239 Speaker 1: full this year in the best ways, but I just 243 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 1: felt so called to not spend time with people that 244 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: I love and care about, but think about them by myself. 245 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: So what I decided to do was I took myself 246 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: on a little staycation. I'm based in Los Angeles, La 247 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: girlf of Life, I'm based in LA and something that 248 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: we love to do in southern California is go to 249 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: Palm Springs and for those that aren't familiar. That is 250 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 1: like the area that Coachella is in, if you've heard 251 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: of that music festival. And so I love to go 252 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: to Palm Springs. I love to go to Joshua Tree, 253 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: like that is my escape. I will dip in a 254 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: heartbeat and set up you know, camp at an Airbnb 255 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,959 Speaker 1: or a little boutique hotel out there and just like 256 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: go on these like beautiful solo nourishing a few days 257 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: doing things I like. And so this year this incredible 258 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 1: resort opened in the Palm Springs area in the last 259 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: couple of years called Sense. It's a wellness resort. It 260 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: is like nothing I've ever experienced. It is, and I've 261 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: experienced a lot of things. It is Wow, the peace 262 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: that's there. To say, like the staff is phenomenal would 263 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: be such an understatement, but I don't even have a 264 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: bigger word than that to share. But I just felt 265 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: so held and so cared for and so like looked 266 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: after and every day like there's only one restaurant and 267 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: it happens to be like a private no boo. I'm like, what, Like, 268 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: I just oh my god, the food, the bed, the treatments. 269 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: I did. I got like a lot of like energetic 270 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: work done and massage and it I needed it deeply. 271 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: And aside from like facetiming my boo at night and 272 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: FaceTime request, I was just in silence and I was 273 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: really kind of getting out the conclusion of my book 274 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: and it was special. So I did that and then 275 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: I drove home the day before my birthday, and on 276 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: my birthday, I stayed home and I have like my 277 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: workshop studio where I take clients and I do a 278 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: lot of work from and I wanted to just like 279 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 1: reorganize my books and listen to music I liked, and 280 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: think in journal and jump in the pool. And I 281 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: did that and it was heaven on earth. I'm so grateful. 282 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: I just prayed the whole day, but not for anything 283 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: in particular. I was just weaving prayers that I have 284 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: for my life, for my son's life, prayers for my friends, 285 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: prayers for the kind of work that I want to do. 286 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: I got really clear on something that has been alive 287 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: inside of me since I was a little girl, which 288 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: is that, you know, one of the deepest desires of 289 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: my heart is to serve children. And I've known that 290 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,479 Speaker 1: since I was a kid. My dream growing up was 291 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: to be a child psychologist and a TV journalist. So 292 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: I feel like I've really touched the themes of both 293 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: in my life gratefully. But I've just been in a 294 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: lot of prayer that God allows me to have impact 295 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: and bless and add value to the lives of children. 296 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: And I'm not quite sure how that's going to come together, 297 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: but that is my prayer, my desire, my intention. I 298 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: remember just being so incredibly moved by mister Rogers and 299 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: LeVar Burton growing up and the way they spoke, which 300 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: with such intention, depth and compassion to children. It used 301 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: to always be my dream to work for PBS or 302 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 1: to work for public programming. Somehow I made my way 303 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: to hosting a TV show on MTV and hosting various 304 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: radio shows and entertainment, but that was never my initial desire. 305 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: My initial desire was to work in public broadcasting and 306 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: create educational programming that could change the lives of young people. 307 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: And so I just think back to that original desire 308 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: before other really cool and different paths opened up for me. 309 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm throwing that into the universe that I 310 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: hope that the path begins forward for ways that I 311 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: can serve young hearts and minds. So I thought about 312 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: that a lot on my birthday, and then I just 313 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: got so many beautiful calls and texts and deliveries and 314 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: flowers from people that I love with all all of 315 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: my soul, and life felt right and good and profoundly enough, 316 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: just deeply, deeply, deeply more than enough. So the next day, 317 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: to celebrate my birthday, me and one of my best friends, April, 318 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: we went to go to Katot's concert at the Forum 319 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: in Inglewood. Oh, Dear God, what's understood does not need 320 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: to be said. I know a lot of people listening 321 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: were either at that show or you streamed it on Amazon, 322 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: and I just, my god, was it a sight to behold? 323 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: It felt also like a full circle portal for me. 324 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: I've talked about this a couple of times, but you know, 325 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 1: I really have the privilege of being able to know 326 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: and be friends with and see Kendrick before he became 327 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: who he is, even though he's always been the anointed 328 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: vessel that he is, and see so upclose like so 329 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: much of that early early time, and it's like, I 330 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: don't even know if I have the right to say this, 331 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: but to like God, I'm just so proud, Like, I'm 332 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:22,239 Speaker 1: just so proud of everything I've had the privilege to 333 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: see unfold and to observe. And just like the calling 334 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: on his life is so big, and the way he 335 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: answers that call, it's so dignified and diligent and profound, 336 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: and it's just it's just a privilege to bear witness 337 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: to and it's so incredibly inspiring to my soul. So 338 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: seeing him on the stage, seeing him do what he does, 339 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: which is represent truth and represent the people and create art. 340 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's the wrapping roomy, you know, it's just 341 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: watching that and watching you know, the end and the 342 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: unity on stage. And you know, for those of us 343 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: that grew up in LA and the surrounding areas, it 344 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: was like the world getting to see what Los Angeles 345 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: really looks and feels like for the first time, like 346 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: outside of the pretend gays of like how we've been 347 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: portrayed on TV. Outside of like the Basketball Wives or 348 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 1: the Love and Hip Hops or you know, the Real 349 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: Housewives or whatever. These shows are the shaws of sunset, 350 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: you know, all of these things that to my eye 351 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: feel so incredibly surface level and not necessarily helpful to 352 00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: the planet. To see what La really is and just 353 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: the massive creativity that exists in this city under very 354 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: often unimaginable odds. And then it was really it was 355 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: really special because my girl, my friend, my bestie, April, 356 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: like she and I came up in La Radio together 357 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: and so we used to be at the Forum all 358 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: the time. We used to be out at all the 359 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: shows all the time. So almost every artist that hit 360 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: that stage that night we had seen, you know, at 361 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: the very first mixtape, not even the first single, you know, 362 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: back when like LA was not getting to the rest 363 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: of the country, And to see the transformation in so 364 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: many of them and the massive success so many had, 365 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: it's just it was so inspiring. It was so full circle. 366 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: I also had a little eddie, you know, when I 367 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: went there, and so that I also forgotten. I was like, 368 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: what year is this? Am I still an intern? I 369 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: was like, am i? Am I nineteen? At the Forum? 370 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: Am I interning? Am I working this show? Like? What 371 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: am I doing? Has time even passed? And then you're like, oh, 372 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: it's been twenty years, baby. So it was just a 373 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 1: wild trip and I'm grateful. I am just grateful. I'm 374 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: grateful for my life. I'm grateful for the windy road 375 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: that has led me to this moment and everything that 376 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: I've been able to see and do and be a 377 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: part of and observe and to be alive is something, 378 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: And to age is really special. It's so cool to 379 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: be at an age now where you look back at 380 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: your life and you really get to track things, like 381 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: you really get to see how your intuitive hits about 382 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: people places, things like how that really aged and how 383 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: that turned out, and what you've learned and who you've 384 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: been in and it's just so great. Like getting older 385 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: is so amazing and you might as well love it 386 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: because if you're going to be here, you have no choice. 387 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: So that was special, deeply. Well, something else that I've 388 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 1: also done this summer, I want to say a shout 389 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:37,959 Speaker 1: out to this some another place that I went recently. 390 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 1: I don't know if I talked about this already. I 391 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: don't think I did, But I did accelerate her summit 392 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: in the Miami area with Clint Kim Blackwell, who is 393 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: just a fun, nominal, exquisite, incredible, powerful woman who does 394 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:04,239 Speaker 1: amazing things for so many people. But this summit is 395 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: just something else entirely, it is It's special and her vision. 396 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: I was there last year and had the privilege of 397 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 1: being there and speaking there last year, and I did 398 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: the same this year. I created a really deep workshop 399 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: for the women of the deeper layers of silent pain 400 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: and self care and ways to really nourish ourselves for 401 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: our purpose, and you know, teaching what I teach all 402 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: the time, which is using self care as fuel for 403 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: your purpose so you can do the work that you're 404 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: here to do and feel the way you want to 405 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: feel about yourself inside while you're serving to whatever capacity 406 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: you serve. And so the workshop I taught there, it 407 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: was originally supposed to be I think forty five minutes 408 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: to an hour, and we got to the end of 409 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: that hour and I was like, well, I'm not finished, 410 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: but we can stop here, and everybody in the room 411 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: was like, no, keep going. So I ended up doing 412 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: the workshop and all of us stayed in it for 413 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: two and a half hours. But a couple of my 414 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: sisters in the room who just blessed me with such 415 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: gorgeous words and feedback and gratitude in a way that 416 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: was medicine to my soul. But there were just so so, 417 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: so so many special women in the room that it 418 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: meant so much to me to see the way that 419 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: self care and the work can move in the women 420 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: who I believe deserve it most, the women that are 421 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: looking to add beauty and benefit and truth and light 422 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: to other people's lives. Oh my gosh. And also Jessica, 423 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: who I'm always so inspired by her insane travels and 424 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: traveling around the world. And yeah, it was so special, 425 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: so just huge thank you again to the absolute queen, Queen, 426 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: Queen Kim Blackwell. You do so much, so well, and 427 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: this is no exception. It was extraordinary, and thank you, 428 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for your work, my friend. It's 429 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: an honor to serve with you. Another thing that I 430 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: had a chance to have some deep connection with was 431 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: I went to my very first Essence Best and Essence 432 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: was celebrating its thirtieth Essence Best, which I was like, Wow, 433 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: I had no idea it had been going on for 434 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: thirty years. And you know, of course, I know we've 435 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,719 Speaker 1: all seen Girls Trip, which was such an epic movie. 436 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: Shout out to all the queens in that film. I 437 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: remember laughing so just so hard when that came out. 438 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: I'm such a lover of New Orleans and I don't 439 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: get a chance to go enough. But there is no 440 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: place on Earth like New Orleans, like no place on Earth. 441 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: It is such a melting pot of culture. Just the food, 442 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: the people, Oh my god, everyone there is a delight 443 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: And it was just so fun. And I was there 444 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: on behalf of VIV Healthcare and also iHeartRadio and Black 445 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: Effect and I did this podcast, the Deeply Well Podcasts 446 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: live there and I had a conversation that I haven't 447 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: had the chance to have recorded that I'm really excited 448 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: to share as a near future episode on this show. 449 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: But you know, the conversation with VIV Healthcare, they do 450 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: phenomenal work in HIV prevention and they have, you know, 451 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 1: just so many facilitators practitioners around the country that are 452 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: getting really valuable in for meation tools and medicine to 453 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: people that need it. The conversation just really, really deeply 454 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: inspired me and I'm looking forward to sharing it with you. 455 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: And it was such a privilege to be with them. 456 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: And shout out to my friend DJ Mars, who did 457 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: an amazing set right after I got off. But talking 458 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: with everyone in that room and having the chance to 459 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: unpack a conversation on sexuality and spirituality and self sovereignty 460 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: and you know, really creating the space to build the 461 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: bridges between an understanding of self care and self respect 462 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: and self care and self advocacy, being able to have 463 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: a conversation on what pleasure really is and should be 464 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: within each of our bodies and what is performance of pleasure. 465 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: It really meant a lot to me, So I'll be sharing. 466 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: Met vede Vere soon. I had a blast in New Orleans. 467 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: Oh my god. I was only there for maybe a 468 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: day and a half. And my boom met me in 469 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: New Orleans and so we had a chance to like 470 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: explore the city. I went to the Cash Money concert. 471 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: Oh my god. Okay, I went to the first night concert, 472 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: which was so many amazing artists. The Roots were the 473 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: house band for the night, which I mean, come on, 474 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: it's the Roots. And then he Payne performed Our Alex 475 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: perform My Girl. Oh there were oh it was just 476 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: And then Rafael's The Deek performed Rafael's The Deec. I 477 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: know most people know how I feel about Tupac, He's 478 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: number one for life, but Rafael Seek is one of 479 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: my top five all genre favorite artists of all time. 480 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: I have loved Rafael Sadek since I was a kid, 481 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 1: but when Instant Vintage came out, that album meant so 482 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 1: much to me, and every chance I can to see 483 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: him perform, I always jump at it. And his set 484 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: was phenomenal and it was almost like not necessarily right 485 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: for the for who he was going in front of 486 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: for Cash Money, because I felt like so many people 487 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: were missing the gems. Like I was just like, no, 488 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: we gotta we gotta take this in y'all. But yeah, 489 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: hearing still Ray live gets me every time. He did 490 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: some covers too, of songs that he has produced, because 491 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: he's such a prolific producer and multi instrumentalist artist and musician, 492 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: and god, I just left so inspired on such such 493 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,959 Speaker 1: such a high. But that listened the second Cash Money 494 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: at the stage, like that was something else entirely, Like 495 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: I we were inside the football stadium in New Orleans 496 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: for this concert. It was something else entirely, and I 497 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 1: would just say that whoo. And then I ended up 498 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: popping up New York for a couple of days from 499 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,879 Speaker 1: New Orleans, and I just got back and got some 500 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: inspiration there, which was just like, Oh, I had the 501 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: pleasure of living in New York for a couple of 502 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: years in my twenties. And if anybody is listening and 503 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 1: they think they're called to New York and you can 504 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: do it, I highly recommend it. New York changes you 505 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: in the best ways. I love La and this is 506 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: where I will be and raise children and live my life. 507 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,399 Speaker 1: But a couple of years in New York is such 508 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 1: an up leveling, Like it makes you so if you 509 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: let it so clear on who you are how to move, 510 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,399 Speaker 1: you get to like your highest level of efficiency, which 511 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: is like ooh, you're like, how did I get all 512 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,919 Speaker 1: of this done? And I mapped out a whole train 513 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: route and I did this and I was carrying a 514 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: backpack all day, like it is just like, oh my god. 515 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: But I had such a special time, such such a 516 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 1: special time in New York in a lot of ways, 517 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: very romantic time in New York, very sexy time in 518 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,719 Speaker 1: New York. And I even met up with one of 519 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,920 Speaker 1: my girlfriends, who is one of my favorite guests on 520 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 1: this show, Simone Farshi of The Pleasure. Plus, we've done 521 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 1: two episodes on sexual healing together over the last few seasons, 522 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: so check those out. But we had a chance to 523 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: have a little rooftop haying catch up on life, and 524 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: so it was really special to see her. And then 525 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: I got to see my beautiful friend Beth, who is 526 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 1: the founder of one of my favorite jewelry companies, Foundree, 527 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,400 Speaker 1: which is based in Soho and she, oh god, she 528 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 1: is just like this incredible, intuitive artist, fine jewelry maker, 529 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: and just like she just blows me away, like her 530 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: work blows me away. So we got to catch up 531 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: over breakfast, which was so beautiful, so happy to see them, 532 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: and then I had this really special experience pour over me, 533 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: which I think as we conclude this episode, really brings 534 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: it back to how I started this episode of using 535 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: summer as a portal and really getting in time for 536 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,040 Speaker 1: some deep connections and also a lot of reflection on 537 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: where have you come? You know, summer coincides with the 538 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,800 Speaker 1: halfway point of the year, so we have entered month seven, 539 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,879 Speaker 1: which means we are six months down in twenty twenty four, 540 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: and it's such a great time to maybe stop and 541 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 1: go look, pause and go look at any of the 542 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: goals or reflections you wrote for yourself back in January 543 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 1: and see where you are with them, see if you 544 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,520 Speaker 1: still even relate to them, see if they've already been accomplished, 545 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: see what needs to be edited and what needs to 546 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:57,280 Speaker 1: be done. But it's a really, really, really really potent 547 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,919 Speaker 1: time to get even more clear on where you're going. 548 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: And so it felt very kismet because as I left 549 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: New York, I flew into Lax and when my driver 550 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,760 Speaker 1: picked me up at Lax, he looked kind of familiar, 551 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,760 Speaker 1: and so I was just like, hey, how you doing. Okay, 552 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: you know, let's roll. And he looked at me and 553 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: he said, I picked you up before. And the second 554 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 1: he said that, I instantly knew and remembered, and he 555 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,319 Speaker 1: said eight months ago. I won't forget it. And I 556 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,840 Speaker 1: looked him in his eyes and I was like, yes, 557 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: you did. That was one of the hardest days in 558 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: my life, the day you picked me up. And I 559 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 1: haven't talked about this publicly yet, and part of the 560 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:46,160 Speaker 1: reason I haven't is because I am not ready to. 561 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: And also there is an active case that I want 562 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: to make sure I am respectful of and I don't 563 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 1: want to have any missteps. But someone in my life 564 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:12,280 Speaker 1: was killed in a profoundly tragic way in the fall 565 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:17,239 Speaker 1: of last year, and when he picked me up, from 566 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:24,240 Speaker 1: the airport eight months ago. I had just found this out, 567 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: and I was getting ready to come home to be 568 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: with my son, and we were stuck in traffic, and 569 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,920 Speaker 1: I remember sitting in the back of the car and 570 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: I was talking to one of my dear girlfriends, Yvonne, 571 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: who is such a prayerful, incredible, beautiful friend in person, 572 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: and she was praying for me, and I was just 573 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 1: sobbing in the back of this car, just sobbing and 574 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,920 Speaker 1: talking her through what I found out, what had happened, 575 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:59,120 Speaker 1: the awfulness of it, the fears, so many things. And 576 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 1: when I got off the phone with her, I just 577 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 1: started doing breath work in the back of the car 578 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 1: because I was like, you have to walk through the 579 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: door differently before you see your child, and so I 580 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: was just like and just like in it. And he 581 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: started talking to me, and he started praying over me, 582 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,840 Speaker 1: and he started sharing with me experiences from his life, 583 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:32,760 Speaker 1: and we both just had this really deep, beautiful talk 584 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,439 Speaker 1: and he was of such service to me in such 585 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,400 Speaker 1: a generous and selfless way with his spirit and the 586 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:44,680 Speaker 1: way that he really fueled me. And when I got 587 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,680 Speaker 1: out of the car, he got out of the car 588 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 1: and he just gave me a big hug and he 589 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:53,760 Speaker 1: prayed over me, and I needed that in a way 590 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,439 Speaker 1: I can't even describe. And I was able to walk 591 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,880 Speaker 1: in the house, and you know, as we always do, 592 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: we keep going. And when I saw him, now eight 593 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 1: months removed, we're in a different calendar year, he and 594 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 1: I talked again, and you know, he just said, so, 595 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,880 Speaker 1: how has life been for you since that happened. And 596 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: because no one else in my world really knows about 597 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: this situation except for him a couple other people, I 598 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,359 Speaker 1: don't get to talk about it much, and I haven't 599 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: had a chance to reflect with anyone else outside of 600 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:31,799 Speaker 1: my own journaling or my own sessions with healers. And 601 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,880 Speaker 1: so I looked at him. I said, God, it's so powerful. 602 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,839 Speaker 1: You're asking me this question now, and I was able 603 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: to share with him. You know that He said, I 604 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 1: hope you didn't let it change you. And my response 605 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: to him was, it did change me. I had to 606 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,360 Speaker 1: let it change me. He said, well, I hope you 607 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:58,000 Speaker 1: still believe in humanity, and I told him that I 608 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:02,160 Speaker 1: do believe in humanity, but that I also accept humanity 609 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:06,200 Speaker 1: for what it is, and that this experience has not 610 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:10,480 Speaker 1: closed my heart but it has made me so much 611 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:16,280 Speaker 1: more sober and discerning in my day to day interactions 612 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:21,360 Speaker 1: and the way that I am present with people while 613 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,160 Speaker 1: we're present and just being able to get that reflection 614 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,800 Speaker 1: out was so full circle, you know. And he and 615 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,239 Speaker 1: I were just so happy to see each other. And he, 616 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,719 Speaker 1: you know, he had shared with me that he went 617 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,520 Speaker 1: home and prayed for me, and like he talked to 618 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,080 Speaker 1: his family about me, and he ended up looking up 619 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,440 Speaker 1: the case and you know, just like praying for the 620 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,399 Speaker 1: person that had happened to and it meant a lot 621 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,040 Speaker 1: to me. And so this is my ketchup of summer 622 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,160 Speaker 1: thus far. And y'all know I'm talking in circles Sheila 623 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:57,799 Speaker 1: to talk, but I am so moved by the profound 624 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 1: portal that summer can be and the way that we 625 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,920 Speaker 1: can be with things differently, both our growth and our 626 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,360 Speaker 1: pain points. And so as we close out this episode, 627 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: I want to share a couple things with you before 628 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,839 Speaker 1: I get into the soul work. First is that we 629 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:20,000 Speaker 1: will be experiencing the greatness of Darryl Gaines, Master Astrologer 630 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: several times before this summer ends. I am going to 631 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,400 Speaker 1: be launching a summer series where we dive in for 632 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:33,719 Speaker 1: the next few episodes into Daryl's astrological expertise of the 633 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 1: transits that are happening this summer and how to maximize 634 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,720 Speaker 1: the energetic potential of them. And I will be leading 635 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,400 Speaker 1: and teaching meditation for the rest of this summer, so 636 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,960 Speaker 1: I'm really excited to share these episodes with you. We 637 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,919 Speaker 1: have been doing so much prep to prepare for them, 638 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,160 Speaker 1: and those will be coming. Over the course of the 639 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:56,680 Speaker 1: next several weeks. Will be unrolling several episodes. And then 640 00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 1: the second thing to share as we close out this 641 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:03,439 Speaker 1: episode is your soul work. Having heard this I'm sure 642 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:07,799 Speaker 1: incredibly long winded recap of my summer and my musings 643 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,719 Speaker 1: and experiences, I want you to take some time and 644 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,799 Speaker 1: I want you to recapitulate. I want you to do 645 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,239 Speaker 1: it in a few ways. I want you to take 646 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,759 Speaker 1: time and get into your sacred space, get centered, or 647 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,640 Speaker 1: if you're in transit and you know you want to 648 00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:24,720 Speaker 1: do this as perhaps you're commuting or doing other things, 649 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 1: just taking a few centering breaths before you connect to 650 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,759 Speaker 1: these thoughts for some clarity. And I want you to 651 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 1: think of where you were emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually 652 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 1: this time last summer. What has changed, what hasn't and why? 653 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 1: What needs to be released, what needs to be called in, 654 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:58,399 Speaker 1: what needs to be integrated, and what needs to be 655 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:07,719 Speaker 1: re incident reimagined. Just notice it observationally without judgment. There 656 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,000 Speaker 1: is no right or wrong, because there's still a chance 657 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,840 Speaker 1: to keep going and to do things differently if needed. 658 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:20,600 Speaker 1: So first recapitulate that, and then I want you to 659 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,080 Speaker 1: really take some time to look at and recapitulate where 660 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:27,400 Speaker 1: you were six months ago and how you were viewing life. 661 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,920 Speaker 1: What were your goals in January? What were you thinking, 662 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,400 Speaker 1: what direction did you think this year was going to take? 663 00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: And now that we're on month seven, six months in, 664 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,280 Speaker 1: how does that compare to the reality of this moment? 665 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,719 Speaker 1: And again, take a moment. What can be edited, what 666 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:47,600 Speaker 1: can be released, what can be called in? There's always 667 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:51,160 Speaker 1: a way forward, even if you're listening and you feel 668 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:58,399 Speaker 1: perhaps disappointed or let down or indifferent, or if you're 669 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,160 Speaker 1: listening and you feel really proud. Wherever you land on 670 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,920 Speaker 1: the spectrum, there's no right or wrong. There are more 671 00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 1: opportunities ahead. But notice it with reality and truth, and 672 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:16,400 Speaker 1: notice it with observation and non judgment. And after you 673 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,880 Speaker 1: spend time in that recapitulation, takes some time to journal 674 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: what the path forward could look like, what you desire, 675 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,239 Speaker 1: what you crave, what you can release, what you can 676 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,800 Speaker 1: call in. As always, thank you so much for listening 677 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,480 Speaker 1: to this show. I'm grateful to be here with you. 678 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm grateful for anything that this show may bring to 679 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:45,080 Speaker 1: anyone's life that is of merit, of positivity. It's a privilege, 680 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:57,320 Speaker 1: no I mistake. 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