Embodied with Elizabeth Patricia DiAlto Figueroa

This is episode three of a six week podcast series I do every year called Journey into the Wild Soul. It's FILLED with gems to explore your inner world to help you have a better outer world experience. (And that is putting it very, very mildly.)

I've also opened up a free pop-up Facebook group to get some quality time together as a Wild Soul community before 2020 starts and we get all "hyped up" about a new year. I hope you'll join me and bring your friends!

Details here - http://wildsoulmovement.com/journey2020

The Journey into the Wild Soul is about reflecting on the year and perhaps years previous, so that we can leave the past in the past as we transition into a new year. As well as to invite you to consider if how you've been going about your growth, healing and transformation are really effective or if it's more performative, obligatory, inefficient, ineffective, or just a distraction.

Our theme this year is WHOLENESS and in this second episode, I'm diving into all things embodiment from concepts to practices to the benefits, why it works, how to develop discernment and speak your body's unique language of the senses and more.

If you didn't hear the first two episodes, that's ok, you don't have to go back and listen to it before diving into this one unless you want to. Here are the links if you do: http://untameyourself.com/326

http://untameyourself.com/327

We also kick off the Wild Soul Movement Embodiment Challenge today - it's free! Join here - http://wildsoulmovement.com/embodiment-challenge

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/328

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

This is episode two of a six-week podcast series I do every year called Journey into the Wild Soul. It's FILLED with gems to explore your inner world to help you have a better outer world experience. (And that is putting it very, very mildly.)

I've also opened up a free pop-up Facebook group to get some quality time together as a Wild Soul community before 2020 starts and we get all "hyped up" about a new year. I hope you'll join me and bring your friends!

Details here - http://wildsoulmovement.com/journey2020

The Journey into the Wild Soul is about reflecting on the year and perhaps years previous, so that we can leave the past in the past as we transition into a new year. As well as to invite you to consider if how you've been going about your growth, healing and transformation is really effective or if it's more performative, obligatory, inefficient, ineffective, or just a distraction.

Our theme this year is WHOLENESS and in this second episode, I'm diving into the roles of acceptance, grace and deep committed practice in growth, healing and wholeness.

If you didn't hear the first episode last week, that's ok, you don't have to go back and listen to it before diving into this one unless you want to. Here's the link if you do: http://untameyourself.com/327

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

Today we're kicking off a six-week podcast series I do every year called Journey into the Wild Soul. It will be FILLED with gems to explore your inner world to help you have a better outer world experience. (And that is putting it very, very mildly.)

I've also be opened up a free pop-up Facebook group to get some quality time together as a Wild Soul community before 2020 starts and we get all "hyped up" about a new year. I hope you'll join me and bring your friends!

Details can be found here - http://wildsoulmovement.com/journey2020

The Journey into the Wild Soul is about reflecting on the year and perhaps years previous, so that we can leave the past in the past as we transition into a new year. As well as to invite you to consider if how you've been going about your growth, healing and transformation is really effective or if it's more performative, obligatory, inefficient, ineffective, or just a distraction.

Our theme this year is WHOLENESS and in this first episode, I'm sharing some of my own experiences towards wholeness, discussing the difference between identification and integration, and sharing some metaphors for healing, growth and transformation to help you honestly evaluate where you are right now in your own journey - and give you some perspective for moving forward AND measuring your progress.

As always on Truth Telling, we're gonna keep it real and pack it in with tons of love, truth, kindness, laughs, stories and useful insights. Enjoy!

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/326

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

Y'all! This is the last interview of 2019...next week we start the Journey Into The Wild Soul, which I'll say more about in a moment, but first, today's guest is someone I was looking forward to having on the show all year.

Her name is adrienne maree brown and her book Emergent Strategy is one that I keep near by to flip through like an oracle deck ever so often to be inspired, ignited and reminded of who I am and what I'm here to do.

Quick note before we get into the interview, adrienne travels a ton for teaching and facilitating and had to get ready for a flight during our interview, so there is some background noise, however, it didn't impact her level of presence at all and the convo is golden.

Now that that's out of the way, her big truth was that she's going to die, which sparked a conversation around how things move and what really matters to her. We talked about humility and curiosity and "doing" separate from productivity, meaning, how can you do what you want to do with the time you have.

We talked about how we're all socialized under capitalism and the impact that has on how we connect and relate to one another. She shared how she maintains a healthy nervous system as she navigates becoming more visible in her work.

We discussed rigor and not just getting people to do "their work," but to stay in it, which led to a discussion of shame and accountability. And finally, we geeked out on somatics and embodiment.

I really loved this chat and hope you will too. Share it up, find us on Instagram, let us know what you thought, use it to have discussions with your loved ones...you know the drill.

Much love,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/325

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

Whenever I go to events or conferences, I don't try to meet the most people, I try to meet the right people. It's usually just one to three people and today's guest was one of those people from an event I attended in 2018, Nikki Innocent.

Nikki's big truth was around it being the right time and place right now for anyone to be here, in this particular vessel, creating change in one way or another.

From there we talked about bearing witness to other people's stories, what it brings up for us and how to be with discomfort when it arises.

We're also both communication nerds so we spent a good bit of time getting into the difference between tone policing and methodology, self-policing, the many polarities we live in, cancel culture, what progress actually looks like and conversations stoppers, deflection tactics and accountability.

We talked about the components of a real, effective apology and how to embrace and show up as who we are now as we grow.

If you're a fan of nuance, context and complexity, you're going to love this one. Share it up and let us know what lands for you!

xo,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/323

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

Y'all, you know I wasn't trying to have too many coaching conversations on the podcast this year, but today's guest Shirin Eskandani is here because this woman has much more to bring to a conversation than basic coaching advice.

Her big truth was that we have to look up to shift our perspectives and from there we got into a conversation about mindfulness, the relationship between joy, acceptance and guilt, navigating adult relationships and creative patience.

She also shares some of her personal experiences immigrating from Iran to Vancouver at a young age, then coming to the US to pursue her dream of being an opera singer. Spoiler: not only did she realize that dream, she did it in a big way and the result is not what you might expect to hear.

We also explored the impacts of whiteness in wellness spaces, code-switching, and the relationship between self-worth and service.

It was a really dynamic chat and I can't wait to hear what lands for you!

xo,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/322

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others’ background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other.  We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram.  If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from. 

Y'all...you know I love a good stirring of the pot and that is what return guest Shanda Catrice came back on to do with me today. We're digging into a topic that some folks will feel really defensive and protective of - the Law of Attraction. So as always, I invite you to stay curious and open as you listen.

Shanda's big truth in this episode was that you don't always have to know the answer. From there we got into why it's important to take breaks from your personality, how everything in the Universe serves a purpose because if it didn't, it wouldn't exist, and how spirituality is technology.

We dug into some etymology - the context of words and how they're used, specifically the word destiny--and we talked about surrender, freedom, change, resistance.

Then we spent a good chunk of time on the juicy unpacking of how the Law of Attraction is not a substantial Universal Law, the impact your destiny has on your ability to manifest things, cognitive dissonance, metaphysics, religious science, emotions and beliefs.

My guess is we're going to get a lot of notes about this one, so find me on IG @elizabethdialto, email us at [email protected], and share the episode to let us know what you think!

xo,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/320

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

Those of you who have been around listening for a while have undoubtedly heard me mention Tosha Silver and her book Outrageous Openness before. Maybe you've even listened to her first interview which was all the way back in the first 25 episodes of this show in 2015.

Either way! I'm excited to have her back to discuss her latest book, It's Not Your Money - the concepts of which can be applied to many besides money.

Her big truth was around not being able to say yes to everything and from there we got into authenticity, not in a buzz word way, in a connecting to your true self and being of service way.

We talked about why it's not your money, people's pain around money, and how to stop worrying about money for folks who do, which led to a conversation about what abundance actually is, how to ditch fear around money and becoming a conduit for flow.

We also talked about one of my favorite topics of late, what is not useful about the Law of Attraction, befriending the harsh judgmental parts of growth and healing, the relationship between reciprocity and deserving, how we handle loss and practices for letting go, and more.

It's a deep and winding conversation - I hope you love and look forward to hearing what resonates with you!

xo,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/319

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

In today's show, we're exploring something we never have before - hypnotherapy as a healing modality. And we can't talk about hypnotherapy without getting into beliefs and how the subconscious mind works, so I was really excited Stephanie Kwong, a dear friend of mine and brilliant practitioner, agreed to come on the show to jam on all of it.

This was a really fun and also personal conversation where we both shared some of the beliefs we've been working to rewire. Steph's was around making it hard for people to love her. Mine was around trusting myself but not trusting others.

We talked about patterns, managing expectations, and the ways we delete and distort information in our reality to make things match our current beliefs. She also walked me through the four ways to actually change your beliefs for good.

This is a really juicy conversation - a combination of personal stories and examples, as well as client stories, really bring home just how complex our minds are and how important it is to pay attention to the ways we act based on what we think is true that isn't necessarily true.

Enjoy and share!

xo,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/318

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.

It's taken me about two years to get today's guest on the show and it was so worth the wait! Before we dive in though I do want to give a trigger warning for anyone with sexual assault or abuse in their history because we do go there a bit and Betsy shares pieces of her story and experiences.

Her truth was about reclaiming the potential of the body to feel good, especially as it relates to female sexual dysfunction. This launched us into a conversation about body memory. Often we hear about the body storing trauma and "bad" memories and Betsy reminded us that the body also stores potential and good memories.

We talked about honoring the uniqueness of healing journeys, body wisdom, body truth and what the "care" in self-care actually means.

Betsy shared her experience and perspective on menopause, orgasms, reclaiming our voices and responsible use of our stories and storytelling.

It's so good, I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved having it. You may even want to review it a few times to let it all sink in, enjoy!

xo,

E

For more information and for full show notes, head to http://untameyourself.com/317

Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto aims to cut through the noise and ignorance of our current culture by exploring the truths of a diverse range of incredible voices. From authors, artists, creatives and educators, to activists, speakers and those in various scientific and esoteric fields - our guests hail from cultures and countries all over the world. The main intention here is to contribute to creating a kinder, gentler, more curious, collaborative, reverent world where people respect each others' background experiences and truths and they learn to trust in themselves and life and recognize that we really do need each other. We post a new interview every Monday and if you want to keep up with the show notes and quotes from our guests you can follow me on Instagram. If you love what you hear here and you find it useful and inspiring the best way to show your appreciation is to share the episode, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from.