Embracing Intensity

Do you use the new year as an opportunity to reset? The last year has been one of much introspection for Aurora as she connected more with her intuition to guide her in her next steps to best meet the diverse needs of her audience. 

This week on Embracing Intensity, she is exited to share what she has in store for 2018!

In this episode, Aurora shares:

• About her business journey so far. 
• How she started to move away from what she thought she "should do" to listening to what felt intuitively aligned.
• Why it's important to occasionally step away and unplug for a while. 

The Gifted community is filled with a diverse collection of beautiful individuals making their mark on the world as no one else can. In an effort to showcase the cultural diversity as well as the neurodiversity within Gifted and Intense individuals, I came across Silver Huang, a self-proclaimed “Neuromaverick” who is working tirelessly to make the Gifted community aware and inclusive. Silver has been hard at work to embrace the very core of who she is, and is just now emerging from within her own personal revolution. For anyone who has ever felt atypical, out of place, or even out of touch with who they really are, Silver has a message for you!

Raised in Singapore, and educated in Australia, Silver has never really felt like she belonged. Her culture told her she was too much. Her inability to perform in school told her she was dumb. With all of these mixed messages, it’s no wonder her body and mind shut down on her! To complicate the narrative even further, Silver had no idea she was on the Autism spectrum until just a few years ago. Her Gifted assessment is even newer, occurring within just these past months. These two acknowledgments of her own neurodiversity seemed to open up the floodgates of self-realization. Silver doggedly pursued ways that she could embrace who she was inside. She took her identity as Gifted very seriously, and now she is building a community around her ideals of integrity and authenticity. Her mission is to support any individual who has felt out of step

Listen this week as Silver shares her amazing journey towards self-love. Whether you are loving yourself right now, or simply coming to terms with your own intensity, Silver’s insights will speak right to your core. No one can stop you from being you except you. Your healing can begin right now.

More in this episode:

• Silver’s life is incredibly different now that she knows about her Autism and Giftedness.
• Struggling with new diagnoses, trauma recovery, and a new sense of self all within the past year.
• Silver started an experiment that changed everything in three months.
• The amazing reconnection Silver experienced with her parents.
• Self-love and self-compassion allow us to see on the outside what we need on the inside.
• Silver’s views on integrity and authenticity.
• It is possible to be who you are as a Gifted person.
• The work it takes to heal our inner children.
• The cultural factors that limited Silver’s expression.
• Silver tried to “pass for normal,” and it destroyed her immune system.
• How we can grapple with and find community with other Gifted individuals.
• Intensity expresses itself in Silver through self-mastery.
• Digital apps and systems allow Silver to manage and support her brain.
• Silver describes her unique and sensational thoughts.
• We send love to the people who save our lives.
• We are not here to be liked. We are here to celebrate the expression of ourselves.

Silver Recommends

Awareness by Anthony de Mello

The Complex PTSD Workbook by Arielle Schwartz 

Links

Connect with your Neuromaverick

http://silverhuang.com/

Join in the Intrepid Integrity Community

http://intrepidintegrity.com/

Do you cycle between sprinting and then crashing? As intense people we have a tendency to go all in and then crash when we hit the finish line, but what happens when there's not a finish line?

This week, Aurora shares:

• How stepping back from busyness can help us come back with better systems in place to be more productive.
• Encouragement for you to rest and take care of yourself during the holiday season.
• Why she's taking a month break from the podcast to rest and regroup. 

Links:

Find Your Superpower

http://www.auroraremember.com/findyoursuperpower

League of Excitable Women

https://www.facbook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

A message for any woman who has felt marginalized, shut down, or shut out: you are not alone in this world. Today, I have for you a message of empowerment and strength from a new connection, Melissa Danielle. Embracing Intensity is all about bringing together women from all stages and walks of life to share their perspective on what it means to be an Intense or Excitable Woman. It is such a treat to have Melissa on the show today because she brings a breath of life and perspective we haven’t explored as much on the podcast.  Melissa is a coach, advocate, and podcaster who speaks to the wounds and setbacks women face due to flaws in the system. Her podcast, Diary of a Too Much Woman, deals with issues like sexism, the Mother Wound, feminine energy, and rediscovering identity head-on. She is on a mission to show women they are as great as they dare to be, while also giving them tools to fully express their innermost desires.

As a guest today, Melissa candidly shares her wild passions, her hardest challenges, and her brave explorations into what it means to be a woman. She will also dive into unique cultural challenges she faces as a black American woman, healing from wounds and trauma as a result of cultural stigmas, and how she has learned to embrace her identity. Are you prepared to fight for your sense of self? Give this episode a listen and see what you’ve been missing.

More in this episode:

• Melissa shares her dynamic life that arose from her multiple passions and joys.
• Ways that women can help each other shine and show up.
• Knowing our cycles and listening to our bodies is a great way to embrace intensity.
• Our bodies react to the experiences that shape us. Melissa explains how the body holds onto trauma.
• Cultural conditioning based on race and gender can take their toll on your physical and emotional health.
• Labels, identity, and showing up as who you are in society.
• Melissa shares the times where she felt too big and too much.
• Combining training and her own inner work, Melissa coaches women to embrace their power and integrity.
• Ways to explore the feminine energies.
• Advice for handling life and getting what you want, and habits for using your fire.
• Truth and Desire Lab, plus other ways Melissa can help you use your fire.

Melissa Recommends

The Four Agreements

Women Who Run With the Wolves

The Desire Map

Overcoming Underearning

Mama Day

Connect with Melissa Online

http://truthanddesirelab.com/

http://melissadanielle.com/

Check out the Diary of a Too Much Woman Podcast: http://melissadanielle.com/all-the-things/too-much-woman/

Listen to the Fringy Bit Podcast

http://www.thefringybit.com/podcast/

Have you ever felt afraid of your own power? This week Aurora shares about an experience she had this week that that brought up this quote from Marianne Williamson:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

Have you ever felt unworthy? Like you didn’t belong on this planet? I think we all can struggle with the feeling that we don’t belong, but as Intense Women, it can be an extra heavy weight. Our society teaches us that we do not belong in the world at large, and many leaders are trying to take back that narrative! Today, we are bringing to you the empowering and inspiring leadership of Thais Sky, who wants nothing more than to remind you that you are valuable.

Thais is a leader, a blogger, a coach, and now, a podcaster! Her new podcast, called “Reclaim,” is all about the systematic influences that tell women they are not “enough.” Her perspective is quite unique: she was born in Brazil, grew up in Japan, and then immigrated to the U.S. where her cultural differences were stark. This unusual cultural clash led to a crisis of identity and a sense of displacement that followed her into adulthood. Her journey to healing and acceptance of her unique heritage led Thais to spiritualism. She loved the inner work she was doing but found that instead of confronting her issues, it only clouded them.

Now, Thais works to encourage women to lean into challenges, to embrace the dark as well as the light, and to work with your community to overcome issues. So much of our inner work happens in a vacuum, but Thais does not see it that way. Her work is inspiring, and so is this interview! You will not be disappointed.

More in this episode:

• Thais shares her personal struggles about why women feel unworthy.
• How experiences as an immigrant and an outsider led Thais to her spiritual journey of belonging.
• Having an international family and living in cultures that valued a certain look, was a formative but difficult experience.
• The understanding of “family” is very different in Brazil and the U.S.
• Ways that you can learn to vocalize your needs and set up healthy boundaries.
• How the pursuit of greatness can lead to a misrepresentation of your identity.
• Opening up to feelings and spirituality rather than distracting or numbing down.
• Thais talks intersectional feminism and taking coaching into a more collective mindset.
• Tools that Thais uses to harness her passion and gifts.

Thais Recommends

The Heroine’s Journey by Marlene Murdoch

Connect with Thais Online

https://www.thaissky.com/

Check out the Reclaim with Thais Sky Podcast!

Do you ever try to push away or distract yourself from your uncomfortable thoughts and emotions? When you experience the world more intensely than others, it is tempting to try to shut down the negative. But to fully integrate we must acknowledge the whole, both the dark and the light. 

With the current trend in spirituality to focus entirely on love and light, it encourages us to keep our thoughts positive with the idea that what we think about is what manifests in our life. But if we don't face our shadow side, it will always be lurking in the background waiting to come out when something brings up our stuff.

In this episode, Aurora shares:

• What exactly is spiritual bypassing? 
• Why it is dangerous to ignore the dark side. 
• How acknowledging that our feelings are temporary can help us move through dark feelings without shoving them aside. 

Links:

Find Your Superpower

http://www.auroraremember.com/findyoursuperpower

League of Excitable Women

https://www.facbook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

It’s easy to agree that everyone is different, but does anyone know what it’s like to be your brand of different? Have you ever sat down to explain it to someone before, and then been at a loss for words? Language and self-expression have such a huge influence on one another, so it is no surprise that Intensity leaves its own unique signature on how we express ourselves too! If your intensity has ever made you feel different, alone, or misunderstood, then today’s episode will speak right to your heart.

Today, we are excited to have with us Anamaria Bambaren Call, the Founder of the Gifted Culture Project. Anamaria is a Linguist who knows what it is like to be Gifted, different, and unable to express it. Anamaria is a Third Culture Kid, whose grew up feeling different, but not really knowing why. Later, Anamaria was identified as Gifted, and that began a series of experiences that led her to her study of Linguistics. Anamaria believes that everyone has a story to tell, and those stories make us stronger, more colorful and more fully known. She uses her fire to help others tell their stories and embrace their difference. There is a source of creativity and power that comes from your own unique Intensity. Anamaria expresses that truth using her beautiful words, and you will walk away inspired today.

Also in this episode:

• Growing up as a Third Culture Kid gave Anamaria a unique perspective on what it means to be different.
• How Sociolinguistics helped Anamaria make sense of her own formative experiences and express them.
• Cultural factors influenced how Anamaria expressed her Giftedness.
• We share how Gifted identification was difficult because of Language Acquisition.
• Why self-care became an important influence in embracing intensity.
• Inter-cultural work is important and growing every day.
• Connecting with your kids through shared intensity.
• Anamaria shares how her habits are always changing to meet her personal needs. 

Anamaria Recommends

Here’s Looking at Euclid by Alex Bellos

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Work by Eckhart Tolle and Brene Brown.

Resources

Find Anamaria Online!

http://giftedcultureproject.com/

This week we celebrate the one year anniversary of the Embracing Intensity Podcast!

In this episode, Aurora shares:

• Lessons learned from a year of doing the Embracing Intensity Podcast.
• How the podcast is evolving into the next year. 
• Other ways she is shifting her work to better meet the needs of her audience and align with her goals.

Links:

Events Calendar

http://www.auroraremember.com/events-calendar/ 

Find Your Superpower

http://www.auroraremember.com/findyoursuperpower

League of Excitable Women

https://www.facbook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Have you ever stopped to marvel at someone’s wondrous, spiritual journey? Are you pining for a deeper spiritual or emotional connection to the world and others, but struggle to begin? You might be kindred spirits with many Intense Women who have struggled to fully express their more mystic side. The world is so wide, and sometimes it takes a little leap of faith, and maybe a ticket across the ocean, to begin to see all that the world has to offer!

Our guest today is Sarah “Sadie” McCarthy-Sitthiket, a fellow Portlander who has always been reaching for a deep connection. Her views on self-expression radically changed on a visit to Thailand. Seeing that another culture allowed her to unlock her hidden gifts, she decided to move to Thailand and take root in her own spiritualism. Now she is running the show at the Chaing Mai Community House in Thailand, where she leads people to open their heart through fine arts, Tarot readings, and her own poetic “Tarotetry.” Later this month, Sarah will be joining us at Quinn Mountain to share her knowledge of Tarot and encourage us to open our hearts and be a little curious. Sarah’s journey is one that you do not want to miss out on!          

More to explore in this episode:

• How a love of people led Sarah to embrace other cultures.
• Experience Sarah’s journey to Thailand.
• Our families, no matter how supportive, can still deeply impact our spiritual journey.
• Sacrificing your ego in order to heal it.
• Having to learn to operate in different cultural codes is a difficult, but worthwhile discipline.
• Learning from difficult times to sympathize with others.
• Intensity is like riding a surfboard!
• Sarah has learned to listen, and that has helped her transform other people’s inner power.
• All the details you need about our Tarot Workshop!

Tarot Workshop at Quinn Mountain October 28th

Sarah Recommends:

Excuses Be Gone by Wayne Dyer

Books by Caroline Myss 

Connect with Sarah:

Chang Mai Community House Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/chiangmaicommunityhouse/

Redgun Tarot: https://www.facebook.com/redguntarot/?ref=br_rs