Introduction to the podcast. 

 Sharing our Bio's and why and how we came together to shape, support and empower women to live their best lives despite the constant chaos that is thrown our way.  

Topics covered.  

Full calendars 

Never saying no 

Taking on more and more 

Constant feed of advertising  

Social media image  

Always having to be perfect  

Holidays are most chaotic time of the year 

State of Frenzy 

Driving like maniacs  

Stores filled with impatience 

Not participating in this anymore  

Decision to step out of it all  

No tree 

No sending cards 

No decorations  

Limiting gifts 

So many living in debt  

Credit card debt is out of control  

You become a participant in the game of chaos  

No-one is happy  

Constant  yearning for the next high  

Jump on your computer  

Buy whatever we want at the click of a button  

Buying things we don’t need to impress people we don’t know or like  

Minimalists movement /Josh Becker  Leo Barbuta  

Do we seek the chaos in our lives?  Chaos is everywhere  What it is?  Are we a society built on chaos?  

It’s there and unavoidable. We are not getting rid of it.

Full calendars are the norm. 

 How do we seek chaos in our lives?  

Excitement verses chaos.   What is the difference?   Holidays, School, Sports as examples ...built into our children's lives.

What is chaos?  

Resistance,  attachment,  identification.

Have we become a society built on chaos?  (Stimulus, drama, gossip, celebrity obsession) 

How do we lessen the chaos?  (Stepping back to get quiet, set boundaries, ask yourself a few simple questions.) 

What do I really need?  

What do I truly want?  

What is my deepest driving desire?  

What is my greatest fear in this exact moment in time? 

Never ending cycle...  Humans doings verses human beings.

Disjointed from who we truly are.

Attachment and Identification.

Clinging/Functioning based on these feelings we have embraced.

Magnetic pull of clinging. 

Addressed topics of priorities.

We need to put everyone in our lives first.

Feeling guility for taking care of ourselves. 

Martyrs. 

Getting quiet is terrifying.

No noise so we create it.

I am starting to feel off...  How about some???…. Stimulus.

Obsession with celebrity drama.

NO is a complete sentence.  Polite way to say no.

What do I need?

What do I want?

Sit and get quiet.   Meditation.  Inhale and exhale slowly, smoothly and deeply for a minimum of 5 minutes per day.

Journal...  What do I need? What do I need to cut away from and let go of?  

A few years ago that I couldn’t have asked myself those questions.  I couldn’t have been able to answer them. 

Setting the stage of understanding the chaos in our lives and how we can learn to manage it.