WEBVTT - DROP THE STRUGGLE GF 👋🏼 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:04.080 If the outcome was the same, what would you pick? 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:07.320 Would you pick to struggle or would you pick things 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:11.600 to be easy and flowy and that belief that things 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:14.440 get to work out for you and you know, leaning 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:18.880 into your intuition and listening to your intuition on how 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:28.880 things are done. 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:35.240 Then sign of finally making through. 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:40.239 Its welcome back to the Rise and Conquer Podcasts. The 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:43.000 podcast for my girl gang who want to take control 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:47.040 of their lives, gained the confidence to live unapologetically and 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:50.280 for those who are ready for more. If you're ready 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.880 to rise up and conquer your dream career, your most 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.640 aligned health, and a positive mindset, then you're in the 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:03.440 right place. In today's solo, we are talking about dropping 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.840 the struggle and this is actually a concept that I 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.160 get a lot more deeper in in my online course, 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:13.880 the Rise and Concer Project, which is a six week 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.720 development course. The course is currently not open for enrollment, 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.560 but if you are interested, you can go onto my 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:24.679 website and just click the button that says tell me 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.640 when it's back, and you'll get an email when we're 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:31.880 doing our next enrollment. But before we get into the show, 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:36.600 I just want to thank today's sponsor Naked Harvest Supplement, 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:40.120 which is the natural supplement company I co founded with 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:43.240 my brother. We are a small beers with big dreams 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:47.319 to disrupt the supplement health industry and basically just give 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.240 you guys the best natural subs on the market. But 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:55.000 more about that later. So let's get into the solo EP. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:58.600 I actually got this download. I was driving home from 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.080 Jim and I got this down load and I was 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.480 just like, holy shit, I've got to go home and 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.920 record this podcast. Any time that I kind of get 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.000 this like weird download. I don't know if this is 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.880 going to sound weird, but I know it's because one 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.280 of my listeners, like you guys, are either struggling with 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:21.519 this or it's going to be super helpful. So if 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:26.040 you resonate with this, this is for you. So let's 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:33.639 chat about dropping the struggle. So I'm struggling to articulate this, 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.840 so I've got quite a few examples. But while we 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.640 get into that, I really want you to think about 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:46.760 where in your life have you developed this idea that 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.000 you need to struggle in order to get what you want, 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:55.640 what you desire. So this could be in your career, 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:01.160 in your relationship, you know, with your finance is with 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.600 your body and health really everything, And I want you 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.359 to really think about, yeah, like where in your life 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:11.799 do things feel really hard and like a struggle but 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:16.200 you're okay with it because it's almost like I feel 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.880 like in this day and age and in our society, 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:24.360 struggle is really applauded. Like you know, we've got the 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.480 people like Gary Vee who is like, you know, you 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.600 need to work so hard and work for so long 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.600 to succeed. And do not get me wrong, you guys 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:37.960 know I'm all about hard work, and I work very 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:41.600 hard and I love my business. But I think something 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:45.360 that we often don't talk about is this sense of 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:51.960 alignment where things actually don't need to be a struggle 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:57.240 and things can be so much simpler and so much 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:01.760 easier when we think they have to be. So let's 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.000 get straight into my examples and have a chat about this. 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.480 And like I said, I really want to. I want 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.840 you to think about where in your life maybe you 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:14.440 have been developing a struggle that you can drop. Okay, 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.960 So a great example, and again this is the example 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.440 I tell in my course, and so a good It 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:27.880 was actually this time two years ago I launched my 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.760 ebook so at this point it was like I hadn't 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:37.760 launched my podcast, I hadn't launched Naked Harvests. Basically, this 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:42.159 was my very first thing ever that I was doing 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.400 without you know, a brand backing me, not as a 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.200 sponsorship or anything like that. It was my own thing, 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.479 my own website. It was like full legit Georgie was 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.760 doing her own thing, and it felt huge to me. 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.640 It felt like this huge step that I really wanted 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:04.719 to do, but I really developed this weird thing about 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:09.360 it where I thought it had to be this huge process. 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:14.920 So like with my ebook, I got web designers who 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:19.520 designed my website and also put my ebook together just 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.040 because I'm someone who's like, I'm obviously not a graphic designer, 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.279 and I really wanted it to be pretty. And I 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:26.919 didn't want to have to do that part because I 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:30.480 just felt like I couldn't. And so I got them 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:34.640 and they were amazing, but they were pricey, so it 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.280 was you know, I think it was around the fifteen 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:43.920 thousand mark. And then also the process of you know, 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:48.920 doing the recipes, because it's my intuitive eating and recipe ebook. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:53.200 I tried the recipes numerous times. I wanted them to 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.760 be perfect, and I think that, you know, was very important. 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.440 And then also the process of you know, writing everything 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:04.360 in the ebook and really giving the audience like so much. 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.279 So this whole process literally took me about three to 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.279 four months and cost me quite a bit of money. 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.920 But I really thought that that's what I had to 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:18.640 do for this ebook to be successful. And I really 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.920 put a lot of emphasis on, you know, the time 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.800 and the effort and the money, and if you know, 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.359 I wanted this ebook to be this huge thing and 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:31.440 my first thing. Like I really developed this sense that 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:35.040 I had to struggle to get success from this ebook, 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.400 and that's exactly what happened. I you know, like I said, 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.480 I put a lot of time, effort, and money into it, 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.640 and I believe that, you know, the ebook was truly 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:49.400 successful and I sold thousands and thousands of copies and 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.640 everyone loved it. And I'm still selling copies now and 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.120 I still, like, I have reread that ebook quite a 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.159 few times, even years later, and it's still one of 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.839 my favorite things I did, because it's really about the 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:05.520 story of me, you know, dropping my struggle with my 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.880 disordered eating and finding intuitive eating and then finding this 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.480 balance with my body image and that sort of side 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.200 of things. And so I'm so proud about that project, 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.640 but one hundred percent it was a struggle and it 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:24.680 was this huge thing. Anyway, fast forward to this year, 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:30.160 about midyear, I now like the person I am is 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.080 so different, and it would have been about the start 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:37.120 of this year. I have really been leaning into this 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:41.920 concept of dropping the struggle and doing things with ease 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:47.080 and flow in my business. So I'm talking about you know, 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:48.840 when me and Mel sit down and we have a 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.760 planning a day about like what projects are happening in 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:56.240 Naked Harvest or my business, I always lean into my 0:07:56.480 --> 0:08:01.960 intuition and my sense of alignment with what's easiest, what 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.120 feels like flow, what am I going to be really 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:09.000 excited to create and do? And that's how I have 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.160 been running my business, I would say for about a year. 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:16.840 And so I will literally journal and sit down and go, yeah, 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.640 like what feels good to me? What am I excited 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:23.480 to do, rather than sitting down and go what do 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:27.440 I have to do? And how have other people done it? 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.520 And so actually, just a quick side note, I really 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.160 I realized this episode it's going to be a bit randy, 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.560 But I have no notes and I'm just sitting here, 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.800 but trust me, it's going to be good. So a 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.600 quick side note, Also, me and Mel talk about this 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.920 all the time because she she did her pr and 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:48.720 like communications degree, and so often when we're doing stuff 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.720 within Naked Harvest, we will kind of have this to 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.920 and throw where she's like, well, you know, in the 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.440 standards of what everyone else is doing, like people do 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.440 it this way, and I'll be like, yeah, but I 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.320 don't want to do it that way. I want to 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:05.680 do it this way because that's. 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:06.320 What feels good. 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:10.840 And she's like, ah, okay, but we really have to 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.960 And like with Naked Harvest and my business, that's what 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.640 I do, Like, I really lean into this sense of 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.760 I don't give a fuck about what and I'm sorry 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.960 for swearing, but I just don't give a fuck what 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.840 other people are doing and how you know, people in 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.800 the industry do it. I want to do it how 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.480 I want and what feels good. So anyway, that's what 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.319 I have been leaning into. And so I told you 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.480 about the ebook experience, which was a couple of years 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.680 ago when I like I was you know, I was 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.400 strengthening my intuition and alignment. But I definitely wasn't. I 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:46.959 was very focused on what everyone else was doing and 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.800 how other people did it rather than what felt good 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.680 to me. And then fast forward to mid this year, 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:59.240 I was literally like outside outside like tanning, having a 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:02.320 lunch break and just soaking out the sun in a 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.400 meditative sort of state. I had my journal. I think 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.280 I was journing a little bit, and I had this download. 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.839 And it's because I had just answered some dms previously 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.880 and people were asking about my photos and I had 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.880 this download, and I was like, I want to make 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.600 my own presets because I use my own presets. I 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.800 have been tweaking them for the last couple of years 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:28.880 and I really feel like I have perfected them. And 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.840 I love, you know, the esthetic of my feed, and 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.319 I love how all my colors match, and I love 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.440 that my feed has a vibe, and I think other 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.800 people would love it. And so I had that download. 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:44.000 I went inside. I youtubed how to export presets presets 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.680 from light room and it's a very simple process. I 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.640 then had a call with my graphic designer and I 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.840 was like, Hey, I'm gonna make my own presets. Can 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:59.320 you do some stories and send me some examples of 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:04.240 just some like, you know, assets of you know, these names. 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.560 I had written down copy and I was like, it's 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.440 going to be you know, I've got six presets because 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.400 this is just what I use in my life. And 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.800 I want one for outside, I want one for inside, 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.360 I want one for flat lay, I want one for 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:23.600 you know, aesthetic, aesthetically pleasing selfies. Here they are. Can 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.480 you make some assets, you know, make it all look cool, 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.480 do a bit of branding with the Georgie Stevenson brand, 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.680 and then send it back to me. She did that. 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.080 I think we went back and forth maybe twice or 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.360 three times, and then I was like, yes, it's perfect. 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:42.480 Meil wrote some copy for my website. And I'm not 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:46.880 joking when I say it was maybe a week later 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.400 I told everyone on Instagram, Hey, I'm releasing these presets. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.600 And then a week after that, I released my presets, 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:58.200 and so I'm talking about it was maybe twelve hours 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:02.640 of work for me and my team and like two 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:07.760 weeks in full. And I in regards to I guess, 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.000 like the metrics of success here, let's just say, oh, 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:17.000 how many presets we sold? I almost doubled the amounts 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:21.040 of the ebook, and in such a small timeframe and 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.760 like I said, it was literally twelve hours of work. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.920 And that's when it really hit me, like I actually 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:32.920 couldn't kind of believe the success the presets got and 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:37.480 then how little I don't want to say effort because 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.040 it was still you know, like it was so aligned. 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:42.960 And I wrote in my journal and I was like, 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.079 what would the names be, and it you know, like 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.880 I put in the effort and I worked with my 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.960 team and I did that sort of stuff, but like 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:54.160 I said, it just it felt so aligned and so easy, 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.599 and the idea just came to me and people resonated 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:01.560 with it and it worked so well and it's just 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:05.400 crazy to think that. Well, that's just when I had 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:09.040 that light bulb moment and I was like, holy shit, 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:13.440 like I dropped the struggle. I leaned into just what 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.920 I wanted to do, what felt good, and the outcome 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:22.440 was quite extraordinary to me. And that's when I really 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:28.280 was like, Wow, this works, This really works. And so 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.200 what I'm talking to you guys, and don't get me wrong, 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.719 like I'm not saying this is like a linear thing. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.480 Like I said, this has taken me a couple of years, 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.840 and I've obviously it's a lot to do with the 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.080 amount of effort that I put into my personal brand 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.920 every single day that then makes someone trust me when 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:51.880 I do bring out something like this. So I'm not saying, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:56.960 you know, it's like, I'm not saying it's easy, but 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.920 I'm saying, when you're in alignment and when you're listening 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:05.559 to your intuition, it can be super easy, and it 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:10.280 can be super flowy and we can one hundred percent 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:15.240 drop the struggle. So with this, I guess I'm trying 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:20.560 to get out is get out? Sorry? Is what if 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.280 we and this is just me like putting it out there, 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:29.200 what if you pick to not struggle in your life? 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:32.320 What if you pick to lean into intuition and flow. 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.880 And I'm not saying this is going to happen straight away. 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.880 It's like, it's not like you're gonna be like, oh, 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.080 I'm just not gonna struggle anymore. But I'm saying, and 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.800 I do have some affirmations for you, but what if 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:47.960 you started being more aware of where in your life 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:52.400 you have totally developed this thing that you need to 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:57.040 struggle to get a certain outcome. A great example of 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:02.080 this is like do you do you know someone or 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.320 do you have a friend who is in quite a 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:10.400 toxic you know, relationship with a partner or even maybe 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.440 they have a lot of friend drama, and you, like, 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.440 you know, you try and comfort them and support them, 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:20.160 but like in your head, you're thinking, holy shit, this 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:25.480 person just like constantly attracts drama and struggle and attracts 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:30.280 these douchebag guys who treats her like shit. And that's 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.680 one hundred percent what they're doing, like that friend, is 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:39.040 they are attracting this struggle and drama because maybe they think, 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.720 you know, they have to have that in order to 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.600 be loved or that's kind of what they've only ever known. 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:49.760 And we see this a lot with we sort of 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:55.000 develop this concept of having to struggle. Like, for example, 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:59.240 I definitely growing up, like I talk about this a 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:03.120 lot bit, my parents were super hard working and they 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:07.360 really came from nothing. So my you know, my dad's 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:12.480 grandparents wait, sorry, his parents, they came from England and 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.520 they had nothing and they worked in factories and both 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.880 my parents grew up in a quite in poverty, I 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:22.880 guess you could say. And then from there my parents 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:26.000 both worked really hard. They owned their own plumbing business 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.480 and they provided so well for me and my three 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:34.720 older brothers. Bit I from seeing my parents work so 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.160 hard and seeing them in the office on a Sunday 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.760 morning and stuff like that, have developed this thing in 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.120 regards to you know, you can work hard and you 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:48.479 can make a living, bit there has to be struggle involved. 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:52.560 And that's what I've really tried flipping this year and 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.840 even thinking back to like when I worked corporate and 0:16:55.920 --> 0:17:00.120 the reason why I chose law, Like it's very fitting, 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.680 isn't it. Like we all know lawyers work extremely hard. 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.879 We all know they worked like very long hours, but 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.159 you know they make great money and they provide. But 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.399 that one hundred percent is struggle in that career, like 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:18.239 it's just obviously worked in it, so I know. And 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:22.320 so now in my business and basically how I want 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.800 to do life is I don't want to struggle. I 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:31.280 don't want to lean into the stress and the fear anymore. 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.000 And I'm saying, you know, like, let's just if you're 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:37.560 kind of listening to this and you're thinking, oh, yeah, Georgia, 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.600 like you know, you can say that you've got your 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:43.639 own business and blah blah blah, but just hypothetically, for 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:50.119 a second, ask yourself if it totally was a decision, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:55.200 and you know this struggle, like struggle in your life 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:59.879 was a decision, would you pick to struggle like I'm 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.920 pretty sure none of us would. So I would love 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:07.480 for you to, guys, to start being more aware. And 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.960 I think it was eckhart Toll who says he has 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.960 this really great quote where he says, you know, like 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:19.560 struggle and stress. I'm gonna totally butcher it. I totally 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:24.679 can't remember it now. I'm blanking. I'm sorry, but basically 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.399 the quote was like, actually, I'm just gonna look it up. 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:32.960 Give me a second, guys, all right, I've got the quote. 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.960 So eckhart Toll has this really great quote that says 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:41.880 awareness is the greatest agent for change. 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Another sort of example of 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:54.879 this I have is I remember this day that me 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:58.639 and Tim were going up to the beach Mont Chalais 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:03.159 because we were doing some innovations there and I was 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:07.280 feeling a bit stressed because Tim was like, oh, my friends, 0:22:07.400 --> 0:22:09.919 like some of one of our friends, like a couple, 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:12.840 We're gonna come up and see Beachmont. I had to 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:16.119 get some content of Beachmont, like I hadn't posted and 0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:18.199 shown you guys, and I really wanted to do that. 0:22:18.680 --> 0:22:21.040 Plus I had to get some like you know, before 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:24.280 and after content because I'm doing an Instagram for Beachmont. 0:22:24.400 --> 0:22:28.960 And I started to get in this stressful state that 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:31.760 I was like, oh my god, like and I know 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:34.480 you're probably thinking this sounds a bit silly, but honestly 0:22:34.520 --> 0:22:37.960 this is my monkey brain. But I was in this 0:22:38.080 --> 0:22:41.320 state of like, Okay, well this day is gonna be hard. 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:43.560 It's going to be a struggle. I'm gonna have to 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:46.360 get content. I'm gonna have to you know, entertain guests. 0:22:46.560 --> 0:22:49.560 And I was really getting into this sense of struggle. 0:22:49.640 --> 0:22:52.600 So this is on a sense of like everyday struggle 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:57.000 rather than like you know, career struggle. But what I 0:22:57.160 --> 0:23:00.480 did is and how I sort of step out of 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:05.000 that feeling of struggle is like I sat there and 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:08.959 I have this huge, strong belief and this is not 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:11.760 something that I was born with. This is something I 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:14.639 have decided and this is something, you know, It's like 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:18.520 a muscle that I strengthen. Is I have a belief that, 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:23.000 you know, whatever you believe in, So like God, universe spirit, 0:23:23.280 --> 0:23:26.520 I probably am more you know, universe side. So I 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:30.439 have this strong belief that the universe always has my back. 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:35.400 I am always supported and I'm always guided when I 0:23:35.440 --> 0:23:39.880 am in alignment and flow. And so what I did 0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:43.000 that morning is I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. I 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:45.840 was feeling a bit stressed. I was getting snappy at Tim, 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:48.399 and then we were in the car driving to Beachmont 0:23:48.520 --> 0:23:49.840 and I like kind of just sat there and I 0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:51.280 said to Tim, I was like, I just need a 0:23:51.280 --> 0:23:53.919 bit of time. And I sat there and I didn't 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:55.800 or I guess you could call it meditate, but I 0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:58.119 just sat there and I said my affirmations, and I 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:02.600 was like, you know, like I'm supported, I'm always guided. 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:08.320 Whatever happens is basically going to be the best outcome. 0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:12.960 So why even stress, why even struggle, because I know 0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:16.320 I'm just going to have the best outcome, whatever that is. 0:24:16.640 --> 0:24:19.480 And you know, this is also the concept of surrendering, 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:22.040 which is really what we get into a module six, 0:24:22.119 --> 0:24:27.040 of course. And then so I said that little affirmation, 0:24:27.440 --> 0:24:32.160 and it's like it's like this weight was lifted off 0:24:32.160 --> 0:24:37.639 my shoulders and I was like, okay, like it's all good. 0:24:37.920 --> 0:24:41.840 It's all gonna happen exactly how it should happen. And 0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:45.199 it's really funny because I had that mindset shift and 0:24:45.240 --> 0:24:48.000 then you know, like we got there, We did the renovation. 0:24:48.240 --> 0:24:50.960 I took some before photos, we saw our friends. I 0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:53.840 had a chat with my girlfriend. It was lovely. And 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:56.400 then right at the end, like it was literally sunset, 0:24:56.840 --> 0:25:00.680 me and Tim got a photo outside of the beach Monchale. 0:25:01.040 --> 0:25:03.960 I literally typed up a caption I posted on the 0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:07.200 way home, and that's like one I'm still my most 0:25:07.320 --> 0:25:11.679 engaged post post. Sorry, And I just like I was 0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:15.760 thinking back and I was like, Wow, when you drop 0:25:15.920 --> 0:25:20.600 the struggle and you lean into this like faith and belief, 0:25:21.480 --> 0:25:26.199