Active Ingredient Podcast

I've realized that consistency is the most potent fuel we can use to propel our self-discovery and personal growth journey. Some time ago, I started asking myself a couple of questions before starting my day, basically to ensure my actions would feel in alignment with my true self. 

Throughout the years, I refined that practice into asking myself the three questions that turned into my North Star in my quest of living a fulfilling life.  

Today, we delve into the three questions I ask myself to help me set my day, make sure I'm heading in the right direction, and that I stay close to what feels fully aligned with me. We also talk about attracting abundance from practicing gratitude, the power of stacking habits, being grateful and excited for everything that happens in our lives, and how focusing on nourishing our bodies can be used as a motivator. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• The beauty of seeing life unfold through consistency (3:01)
• The power of being granular when going through the list of what we are grateful for (3:33)
• Abundance is attracted by gratitude, not by scarcity (7:53)
• What are the things that make us feel alive today? Why it is crucial to start our day by answering this question (8:53)
• Why it is essential to pay attention to how we nourish our bodies (10:54)

Resources:

• Solo episode on my relationship with food and tuning into what nourishes you
• Solo episode on GRATITUDE and cultivating a daily gratitude practice
• Book: James Clear - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Let's connect!

• Active Ingredient Instagram
• Sophie Weill Instagram

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After a severe head injury that compromised the parts of the brain responsible for processing language and social interactions, Ben Easter found himself in a tough spot. Like every other human, he strived for connection and belonging, which the consequences of his accident were clearly making more difficult.

Ben devoted his entire being to achieve a fast recovery, and within 6 months, he was already on his feet and, (according to him), fully recovered. But he wasn't; he still had issues processing language, understanding what people would say to him, and the worst part of it, he wasn't aware of these issues; his grandma pointed them out to him. The following months were dark for Ben; he contemplated suicide, he felt isolated, broken, and unworthy. 

His studying abilities weren't affected, though, so he started reading about neuroplasticity and learning how to stimulate the brain to "fix itself," he studied and learned about social dynamics. Ben realized social skills were precisely that, skills, and with practice, he would eventually redevelop them, which he did. 

Ben Easter, is a Transformational Life Coach and the CEO and Head Coach of Lucid Shift Coaching. He has two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Florida State University. He also has a Master of Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology from Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

In this episode, we had a fantastic conversation about connection, the need for being noticed, and the importance of belonging. Ben shared his transformational journey, from being a bully to a Relationship Coach. We delve into how crucial it is to face our fears, be comfortable with failure, trust ourselves, and why it is impossible to find peace until we double down our efforts on what we love and think of financial success as a consequence of following our passions. 

Some Questions I Ask:

What was Ben Easter like as a kid? (5:53)

 I can relate to that feeling of wanting to be seen. Where do you think that stems from for you? (10:38)

I would like to hear about your accident and what happened with your head (15:46)

You said the unlock is finding something that you can get paid for the skills you already have. That doesn't mean the job has to pay you 6, 7, 8 figures. What do you mean by that? (30:58)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

About Ben's longing for attention and connection since he was a kid (6:28)

Ben's first big breakthrough about who he was and who he wanted to be (9:03)

Ben's second awakening and the start of an entirely new journey (15:51)

Facing our fears. The escalator and the coffee exercise (23:36)

Spend time in reflection before you craft a goal (35:03)

About how to master our insides (43:43)

Resources:

Lucid Shift Coaching website

Lucid Shift Coaching Facebook

Lucid Shift Coaching YouTube channel

Connect with Ben:

LinkedIn

Instagram

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The constant bombarding of edited images of unattainable beauty standards has multiple effects. They set the expectations of what beautiful and desirable bodies look like, especially for women. They push millions of people into absurd and unhealthy diets, and, most importantly, they reinforce the idea that we don't know what's good for us. They mine our intuition, and we develop a limiting belief: we will only succeed with external guidance. 

In this episode, we go through a sensitive topic that has taken a big part in my life, proper nourishment. Today's discussion is about what we decide to put into our bodies and why. We delve into the pressure women are set under to look in a certain way and its devastating effects on their mental and physical health, confidence, and instincts. 

I share my experiences with the diets I've tried (literally all of them), and what made me realize that path was only taking me away from my intuition and disconnecting me from the needs of my higher self.   

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• About not remembering a time in my life when I wasn't thinking or worried about my weight (4:17)
• Getting away from the narrative that suggests we don't know what is good for us (6:32)
• How to learn to differentiate what serves our body and what doesn't (10:28)
• About the industries that benefit by reinforcing the idea that we need external guidance to achieve our health-related goals (14:26)
• Nourishment is healing. We need proper nourishment to create space and make communication with our higher self easier (21:49)

Let's connect!

• Active Ingredient Instagram
• Sophie Weill Instagram

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We are so used to being constantly entertained that boredom has become almost a bad word or an ancient sensation virtually no one remembers how it felt. We exist in a world where silence is a rarity. We live surrounded by noise, and our society, as a collective, has decided that it is entirely normal to do everything while we consume content. 

Today, in this solo episode, I take a moment to talk about silence, my relationship with it, how it helped me, and the growth and evolution I've experienced through it. I explore how I've discovered in silence the most potent tool to get in touch with my higher self, communicate with it, and co-create my life in a way that feels in full alignment with my true self. 

Throughout this episode, I share my experiences and results of sitting in silence with my thoughts. I also dive into what I started doing in silence, like going to sleep, running, or even eating, how hard it was (and still is!), and the positive outcomes I harvested from that discomfort. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• About what sitting in silence has done for me and how potent it is to generate true change in our lives (4:03)
• Why sitting in silence has become one of the hardest things to do in the world we live in (8:05)
• The difference between decisions made from comparison or ego, and decisions made from being sitting in silence (11:23)
• About my sleeping habits, and what impact silence has had on the quality of my sleep (13:39)
• Eating in silence. One of the most challenging yet most beneficial habits I've acquired (20:19)
• About focusing on the function, not the form, and the perfect type of meditation for us (26:28)

Let's connect!

• Active Ingredient Instagram
• Sophie Weill Instagram

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When she was 19 years old, Jenni Kayne already knew she wanted to be a designer and have a lifestyle brand. Growing up in a house that was the center of the neighborhood, constantly receiving guests, and perfectly arranged by her mother's exquisite style certainly helped. Still, Jenni's creativity, love for details, innate taste for fashion, and hands-on and gritty personality were already pulling the strings of her destiny. 

Fast forward some years, Jenni turned her name into an all-encompassing lifestyle brand, followed by and inspiring hundreds of thousands of people around the world. 

Jenni Kayne is an American designer, entrepreneur, author, and mother. Her business stretches across fashion, home design, and entertainment, with several retail locations, an e-commerce site, and a lifestyle blog, Rip & Tan. 

In this episode, Jenni shared the details of how she became the queen of lifestyle. We talked about her parents' influence on her decisions and how supportive they were along the way, especially during the first years. We delve into her brand's mission and vision and how she built her personal brand using authenticity and a culture aligned with who she is as pillars. 

Jenni shared how she handles being in touch with everything without micromanaging, how crucial it is to build a good team, learn to trust them, and follow our instincts. We also talk about how amazing it was for her to see her company grow, accompanying her growth as a woman, how she keeps herself grounded and sane, where she seeks inspiration, and much more. 

Some Questions I Ask:

• What were you like as a kid? What was Little Jenni like? (4:41)
• What was your vision when you started your business? (9:31)
• Do you remember a specific moment when the brand took a serious turn? (14:33)
• When you're inspired, what's the next step? How do you go from being struck by inspiration to execution? (24:47)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• About Jenni's father tremendous support when she started her entrepreneurial journey (9:21)
• The crucial role of authenticity, and why avoiding micromanaging is vital (13:40)
• About how having an incredibly diverse business helps Jenni to remain fresh, active, and creative (18:13)
• How important it is to find the right people, make a great team, and learn to trust them (27:33)

Resources:

• Jenni Kayne website
• Book: Jenni Kayne - Pacific Natural: Simple Seasonal Entertaining

Connect with Jenni:

• Instagram
• YouTube
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Twitter

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I know for me when I first heard of boundaries I thought it meant putting up a wall, closing people off, and being hard to work with or unreasonable when in actuality, it is more about building bridges and getting to a place where everyone’s needs are being met. When working with someone, we are dealing with two different sets of expectations; setting boundaries then becomes more about being flexible enough to make those expectations met than building a barrier between us.

Today’s guest is Karlee Fain, Celebrity Business and Boundary Coach who is both incredibly powerful and one of the most present people I have ever met. She is an Author, Speaker, Founder of The Boundary Academy, and host of the Messy And Magnificent Podcast. Since she was a little child, Karlee had a deep sense of compassion and an urge to make people feel safe.  

In this episode, we get into pretty much all of the topics that speak to my soul like getting quiet enough to really listen to your true self, being led by your intuition, and what boundaries are, why we need them, and how to implement them in a way that benefits all. We also talk about how to check with ourselves after we level up, be with ourselves at all times during our growth journey, and how important it is to be flexible sometimes and do the things that make us feel alive. 

Karlee also shared some advice to improve confidence, the idea of collective wisdom that runs under The Boundary Academy, the power of seeking connection instead of hiding, and much more.

Some Questions I Ask:

What were you like as a kid? (11:56)

Why did you feel the need to protect your family, siblings, and other people? (13:23)

How do you catch someone when they haven't gotten to that point where they externally feel they need to slow down? (19:18)

What do you say to someone that's in an early boundary phase? (30:38)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

About the power of curiosity and where it can take us (10:32)

The fantastic feeling of being community-made, and the opportunities it offers (17:33)

The invitation to be called back home to ourselves (22:29)

The woman and the river (30:40)

Leveling up can be lonely (38:47)

We've learned to be different, to be liked, and to ignore what we feel (1:01:19)

Resources:

Karlee Fain website

The Messy And Magnificent Podcast

The Nap Ministry Instagram

Book: Gay Hendricks - The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level 

Connect with Karlee:

LinkedIn

Instagram

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Sophie Weill Instagram

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