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  • #32: Uplevel Yourself

    When we uplevel, we've made a quantum leap in how we show up to ourselves and others. Eleni and Phoebe talk about how to maintain, nurture and integrate a shift in awareness.

    Notes

    • When we make a leap in consciousness, our dense bodies can lollygag behind, causing some resistance to becoming fully aligned.
    • Maintaining that upleveled vision in our energy field helps us to access the alpha state and to integrate our new awareness.
    • Doing heart-centered work (not busy work) requires us to show up in alignment with our vision.
    • A tool to keep our vision alive and present is to create a physical piece, such as a collage, picture or something written, that symbolizes our vision. It may be a physical creation, but it's representing (translating) our inner knowingness. Once we've integrated our upleveling physically, emotionally, mentally and spirituality, no we longer need that physical reminder.
    • Celebrating ourselves helps us to stay upleveled, and to cultivate more self-forgiveness and self-love, essential ingredients for any upleveling.
    • Let's all congratulate ourselves on the work we're doing!

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    https://www.lifeunveiled.today/

    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    13 min
  • #31: The Yin Yang of Change

    The possibility of turbo change in these wobbly times encourages us to focus on the only thing that truly radiates (defines) who we are: our inner reality.

    Notes

    • When you knowingly cultivate your inner world, synchronicities appear almost as a way to high-five you.
    • Observing the repetitive tapes in our heads, allows us to stop the moment by moment playback of the past, so that we can be in the present moment.
    • Our mind is not our knowingness; it's a servant, not an inner authority.
    • We no longer have to emulate the masculine and be at war with ourselves. When we embrace the feminine, we learn how to receive and how to become comfortable in the dark and the unknown.
    • There's an ebb and flow of our awareness as we evolve. Even if we feel that it's a quiet time for us, there's a lot happening on an energetic level. Think compost pile.
    • Self-forgiveness and self-trust are vital practices as we re-member and nurture our inner selves.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    12 min
  • #30: Big Yes, Big No

    Making choices seems to be one of our most difficult tasks in life. Eleni and Phoebe look at the nitty gritty of how to make a big yes or a big no choice.

    Notes

    • Phoebe recounts how she courageously said no to a bully of a boss.
    • Eleni shares a practice of finding our big Yes.
    • Saying cancel cancel to a repetitive negative thought invites in an alternate thought that's more in alignment with the present moment.
    • Understanding that a decision or choice is not permanent helps to bring in some space and levity to then make a choice that's in alignment with who we are.
    • Being in your 20s exploring and yet feeling other's expectations can obscure just how much impact we have on each other.
    • Learning how to sit in our heart-space with self-love and compassion allows us to practice just that with others.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    14 min
  • #29 - Imagination, Lost & Found

    What if imagination was the panacea to much of the stress, negativity and programming we may be experiencing in the world? What if we looked inside of our own treasure chests for a tool to rediscover our lost imagination?

    Notes:

    • At what point does being "correct" become more important over being imaginative?
    • Everything is energy. Imaginative thoughts and emotions create as do our programmed thoughts and emotions. However, imagination can free us from our negative and repetitive thoughts and emotions (stories).
    • Curiosity and wonderment help us to take a pause, allowing space for something new to come in. Imagine how a beautiful sunset easily opens us up.
    • A gratitude practice shifts our energy and allows us to be in awe of everything we're experiencing in the present moment.
    • Ever walk into a room only to feel deflated? Tools, such as "filling" yourself up with a fun or sparkly color, can instantaneously bring you back into joy and out of a shared fear-based experience.
    • Everything we do individually affects the collective.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    14 min
  • #28: The Shadow Dance

    How do we know when we're in shadow territory? And once we know, how do we work with it without losing ourselves? Phoebe and Eleni explore staying anchored to self while dancing with the shadow.

    Notes

    • Our shadow can be so hidden, that we don't know what it is.
    • A red flag that we may be in shadow territory is when we're in reaction to someone or something.
    • Some parts of the shadow side may be obvious and 'lighter' (habits that we know are not in alignment with what we actually need), while other parts are harder to detect.
    • When our shadow side comes out, how do we work with the shadow without going down the rabbit hole and losing ourselves to it?
    • Eleni shares a recent experience around shame, what came up and how she worked with it
    • Shame can be part of our shadow; anything that stems from someone else's agenda or takes away our sense of self can be an indicator that the shadow side is peeking through
    • Intuition is another place where there can be shame intertwined. Anything that is outside of the cultural norm can have shame wrapped around it.
    • The shadow side never goes away; we either look at it or it will get bigger and bigger until we have no choice but to address it.
    • Self care and surrounding ourselves with people we love and trust can be a great resource for when we're in shadow side territory.
    • Phoebe shares a practice for gauging how far in the shadow side she is as a way of preventing herself from getting pulled into it fully.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    13 min
  • #27: Parallel Lives

    What are parallel lives and how do they show up in this reality? What is the connection between parallel lives and timelines? Phoebe and Eleni share recent experiences that inspire explorations into parallel lives.

    Notes:

    • Eleni shares a dream that inspires explorations of parallel lives.
    • What are parallel lives? We don't know, but we can conjecture based on our experiences as we tap into them in different ways (e.g. through dreams, unexpected intense emotions that come out of nowhere, etc).
    • Parallel lives are explored in the movie Sliding Doors and book The Oversoul Seven by Jane Roberts.
    • We can learn to work parallel lives when they show up by releasing energy that is not from this time in this life and calling back energy of ours that may be scattered in other places/timelines.
    • Phoebe shares a knowing of Nelson Mandela's death on a different timeline (while he was still in prison) rather than the widely accepted time of his death (in 2013).
    • What is the connection between timelines and parallel lives? Time and space are nonlinear.
    • Dreams can give us information to help us see what's possible.
    • Dreams can keep us tethered, grounded and aligned.
    • Ultimately, there's so much we don't know.

    Links

    Sliding Doors (1998)

    The Oversoul Seven Trilogy by Jane Roberts (1995)

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    13 min
  • #26: Creative Grief

    Notes

    How many of us experience creative grief? How can we step out of our pained and distorted mind view of creativity and start to joyfully express our essence through creativity?

    • Creative grief seems ubiquitous.
    • We are born creators, which is why we may feel creative grief and sadness when we resist or limit the joy of being creative.
    • This grief seems to play out not only individually, but also in group and family roles and dynamics.
    • Our stories and mindthink can block and tarnish our creativity, diminishing our life force and possibly making us ill. We have the freedom of choice to be creative.
    • A distorted or inhibited creative flow has a lower vibration, sometimes bringing out competitiveness or shrinking.
    • Creating a collage from magazines is an easy way to not only be creative but also to bring lightness and some clarity into sadness, anger or grief.
    • We can use creativity to move pain out of our body to then reconnect to our essence. Imagine drawing an exit point for pain on paper!
    • Creativity is also a safe way to process what we're feeling because we're observing ourselves through a different medium and perspective.
    • We can be creative in countless ways, such as how we dress, talk, our expressions, activities and much more.

    Links

    Rooting Down Expanding Out Online Course with Phoebe. Learn more here.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    14 min
  • #25: The Power of Fear

    Notes

    What is fear? How can this emotion that's usually a figment of our own or society's imagination create such havoc in our lives?

    • Why are we driven by fear to do or not to do something?
    • Eleni recounts how a harrowing airplane flight motivated her to change her life path.
    • Is it fear that drives us to treat symptoms without looking at the cause of a pain?
    • Have you noticed how your brain wants to quickly make up a story around fear, but we have the power to move and shift that energy?
    • If someone suggests that we ought to be experiencing or feeling something because of their belief system or mass consciousness, our energy can lower if we identify with or react to the suggestion. Here's where we practice self-observation, curiosity and neutrality.
    • When we're experiencing joy, fear cannot exist.
    • Fear is so prevalent in our society that we sometimes can't discern that what we're feeling is fear.
    • Sometimes fear is used intentionally to manipulate society-at-large, such as the antics of the company Cambridge Analytica.

    Links

    Cambridge Analytica

    The Great Hack

    Rooting Down Expanding Out Online Course with Phoebe and Eleni - Learn more here.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    11 min
  • #24: We Are Creators

    Notes

    If we live in a world of crumbling structures, whether financial, political, or personal, what's taking their places? We talk about how we can observe and creatively manifest new and emerging structures.

    • External and internal structures that have defined our world as we see it appear to be shifting and changing. Our personal responses have been to stop powering through the old structures and to stop being a part of others' games and contracts.
    • An example of a more limited way (perspective) of life and its manifestations was evident a few years' ago when society embraced the faddish "The Secret."
    • Once we accept that we're born creators, we begin to see the new structures manifesting and emerging in a more receptive way, with dialogue as the birthing force.
    • Dialogue mimics the force of creativity. We designed the template of our upcoming online class exploring creativity, especially through the use of infinitely old and ageless symbols.
    • Phoebe talks about a painting experience a friend hosts, using the technique of Stuart Cubley, to help her explore on paper, without judgement, what an emerging structure looks like in her mind's eye.
    • In our upcoming class, we'll focus on letting go of limits and false ceilings as we explore individual and collective conscious creation.
    • Here's an exercise: Set an intention to have a new structure made visible to you. Close your physical eyes and take a peek into your mind's eye. Does anything show up? Perhaps you see squiggles, triangles, rectangles, string, dots, colors or just blackness? Ask yourself how are you connected to what's showing up? This is the beginning of seeing a structure that's emerging around you.

    Links

    The Secret

    Stuart Cuble

    Rooting Down Expanding Out Online Journey with Phoebe and Eleni, starts on September 28th, 2019 - Learn more here. You can read all about the journey, or sign up now for all 4 elements or just for Fire on our website.

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    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    16 min
  • Bonus #2: The Importance of Fire

    Notes

    On September 28th, our collaborative journey through the online course Rooting Down, Expanding Out begins with the element, Fire. We'll burn away the old to create space for the new through deep work and play.

    • The element Fire burns to clear out the old to create compassionate space to welcome in new ideas, thoughts, beliefs, stories, and behavior etc.
    • Fire is as powerful as it is mesmerizing as it is playful.
    • Here's a metaphor for our journey: Fire helps our ecosystem, burning away the weeds and non natives, exposing new ground for the other elements to wake up dormant seeds to germinate and grow.
    • Fire gives us courage and brings us into the present, the now.
    • Fire helps us to focus so that we can grow and change, especially with the support of our circle.
    • On the other side of Fire is delicious spaciousness.
    • We'll work and play with creative, intuitive and shamanic exercises to fit everyone's learning style.
    • You can read all about the journey, or sign up now for all 4 elements or just for Fire on our website.

    Links

    Fire, Ohio Players

    Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

    Ohi'a lehua, one of the first trees to colonize after lava flows: Ohi'a lehua legend

    Rooting Down Expanding Out Online Course with Phoebe and Eleni - Learn more here.

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    https://www.lifeunveiled.today/

    Musical Intro and Outro is "Blue Ska" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    9 min

About Bloom Chicka Bloom

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Bloom Chicka Bloom unravels ideas and beliefs through conversation that alternates between whimsy and raw introspection. Phoebe Patten interviews planned and impromptu guests because everyone has an odd story. It's our shared aha moments that help us to grow and bloom.