Fearless Presence

• The sacred contract between employer and employee. 0:01
• Melanie introduces her guest for this episode, Kerry Bunker.
• The power of vulnerability and contemporary leadership.
• The sacred contract between an employer and an employee.
• The psychological contract between employer and employee.
• Mental Health in the Workplace. 4:16
• Mental health in the 70's and 80's.
• Total life stress and its impact on people.
• Stress was being studied at a surface level.
• Ideal relationship between employer and employee.
• Cultivating the ability to learn. 9:58
• Cultivating the ability to learn and balancing the six paradoxes.
• Lessons learned from the 80's.
• Diversity and inclusion are hot buttons right now.
• The false idol of change.
• The same lesson over and over again.
• The role of masking in leadership.
• Vulnerability and how it affects relationships. 18:11
• People with the cleanest houses have the messiest divorces.
• Change can be a distraction.
• The year-long experience.
• The emotional fallout of downsizing in the 90's. 23:21
• The Canadian government asked for help with downsizing.
• The emotional fallout from downsizing in the 90's.
• Leaders don't understand what it feels like to be on the other side.
• Downsizing by a third.
• How to get people to share their stories. 29:23
• Releasing a secret that was kept for years.
• A week-long program with questions.
• What it feels like to be you right now.
• The first session with the clients.
• Listening to and choosing learning partners for the week.
• Leveraging connections to connect with the group.
• Reactions from groups when they were told no. 37:50
• Making changes in the group.
• Decide independently who will leave the group in 20 minutes.
• Sacred contract with the employer.
• Reactions when groups had to execute tasks.
• The emotional fallout of not following through. 42:59
• A wide range of emotions, from anger to complacency.
• The process of debriefing.
• The emotional fallout of not speaking up.
• The three-star general in the army.
• The importance of trust in leadership. 49:17
• The agreement could be very different for different people.
• Expectation and violation is extremely powerful.
• Becoming bonded for life after the program.
• Why the program was created.
• What was learned from the experience.
• 80% of change management failed because they underestimated the human side.
• The power of human connection. 56:53
• The power of the pyramid in the program.
• The open invitation to dinner.
• Human connection is a potent medicine.
• The paradox of in-person vs remote work.
• Balancing paradox and the end of the week. 1:02:58
• Balancing paradox, under-do and over-do anything.
• Parker Palmer's personal paradox of overdoing it.
• The paradox of being rejected and adored at the same time.
• A stress-related heart attack.
• Managing the mental health of the patients. 1:08:24
• Huge wake up call.
• All powerful learning experiences have both positive and potentially negative downsides.
• Balancing self-care and taking care of others.
• The importance of supporting each other.
• How to get more information about Kerry and his work.
• How to contact Kerry.

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For more about Carrie Gallant go to gallantleader.com

Introduction to the episode. 

Melanie introduces her guest for this episode, Carrie the coach. Carrie shares her background and background. The science of conversation and how it works. The business community has adopted conversational intelligence.

The power of being heard. 

Reducing medical malpractice cases in the medical profession. The civil procedure. Why apologies diminish conflict resolution cases. The core fundamental human need to be heard and understood.

What keeps people from suing companies? 

The three levels of conversation, level one, level two and level three. Transactional, relational and transformational conversations. Parasympathetic nervous system is important for creativity. Innovation can be perceived as a threat.

The importance of understanding the core values of an organization. 

The disconnect between intentions and impact. The importance of understanding core values. The main issues executive leaders face. The inner and outer game with their clients.

How to deal with stage fright? 

Body is an expression of the mind. Differences between male and female executives. The short history of women in the workplace. Mental mental health and imposter syndrome.

The science of confidence and the physiology of confidence. 

The science of confidence and the physiology of confidence. The importance of being rooted in the ground. The difference between standing on toes and standing on heels. Her background in improv.

Two perspectives on theatre. 

Two perspectives, pre and post-law school. The moment of transition. The core foundation of improv, yes and both. The importance of accepting an offer.

The value of a coach and the value of momentum. 

The value of being a coach. Creating momentum with the yes. How to connect with Carrie on social media. How to get more information about Carrie.

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Today I'm talking with Amy White, an intuitive medium, channel, and truth bomb dropper. Enjoy this in-depth conversation that we had about intuition and how Amy helps and empowers others.

For more about Amy White, go to amywhite.co

Amy’s background and introduction.

Introducing Amy White, a medium and consultant. The power of clarity and clarity. Being a reluctant intuitive medium. Rediscovering her intuitive gifts in the ten years leading up. Intuition and consciousness are not the same thing. The definition of intuition.

The paradox of listening to the whispers of intuition.

The paradox of being in the human experience. Inner resistance vs external resistance. Connecting to intuition and synchronicity. The challenge of trusting the process of intuition.

Learning your own intuition language.

Intuition is a very personal language. Trust is a big issue with intuition. The word trust and the feeling of trust. How to trust yourself and your intuition.

The fear of stepping out of the spiritual closet.

The fear of stepping out of the intuitive closet. Having conversations with friends and family. Fear of being himself in front of anyone. Spirituality experience first, then finding their way.

What is the role of the greater consciousness?

Greater consciousness, the connection to infinite wisdom. Questions and problems that people come to you. The deeper level of introspection and exploration. The duality of consciousness and ego. The 11 million bits per second speed of the brain. Intuitive work and business consulting.

Bringing all of yourself to the table.

The greater consciousness and the balance point. Enlightenment is not about transcending human experience. Evolving as a messy human being. Intuitive intuition and psychics as an industry.

When you know, there is no question that is off limits.

The first thing is that there's no question that's off-limits. There's no questions that are off limits. Self-fulfilling prophecy, self-fulfillment and self-improvement. The importance of being aware of breadcrumbs.

The value of intuitive work.

Intuitive work is often a snapshot in time. The human experience has freedom. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest. The surrender experiment by Michael Singer. The wave of the future. 

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Website: www.goaskalex.org  

Instagram: @soulfitnesscoaching   

Facebook: @soulfitnesscoaching  

Introduction

Welcome to the show, Alex Kuisis. Alex talks about his book, truth matters.

Three things that cannot be long hidden. 

Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon and the truth. Trusting yourself. Transparency in having resources to support him. The legal system is part business and part game.

Proclaim Justice T-shirt. 

Proclaim justice, a non-profit fighting for the wrongfully convicted. Charges against Alex. Babysitting a young girl and her sister. Being arrested for being the babysitter in the story.

The importance of telling the truth about memory. 

Memory is a slippery, tricky thing. How her memory experts supported her. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, an esteemed professor in southern California. The importance of eye witnesses.

How our subconscious leverages trauma into healing. 

His belief system, soul fitness and breathing. The moment she knew she was abused as a child. How she learned to value her own self and her own healing process.

The Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. 

How writing a book has changed her destiny.

The importance of telling the truth. 

Friendship breakups are a necessary part of life. How writing the book helped him grow as a person. Taking ownership of the situation.

The power of taking ownership of the situation. 

The spiritual aspect of the case. Getting right with things that only he knew. The power of forgiveness and self-compassion.

Taking the case to a trial.

Holding on to the promise of freedom.

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Shunya is the first female lineage holder from an ancient line. Everything in the cosmos lives in the self.

Buddhism’s definition of self. Before religion was born in India, hinduism and buddhism. The self is in the form of consciousness awareness...

Find more about Acharya Shunya at acharyashunya.com

Acharya Shunya's introduction.

• Shunya is the first female lineage holder from an ancient line.
• Everything in the cosmos lives in the self.

Buddhism’s definition of self.

• Before religion was born in India, hinduism and buddhism.
• The self is in the form of consciousness awareness.
• Bondage and suffering are optional in the vedas.
• The Sanskrit term Jiha.

How we have forgotten our true essence.

• Cognitive error, forgetting the true essence.
• The vedas, the vedus and suffering.
• Chasing shadows in the 21st century.
• Striking the balance between understanding and not being consumed.

Stop trying to fix what you can’t fix.

• Human beings are not prone to sorrow.
• How COVID-19 has impacted the community.
• Buddhism, hinduism and other traditions of humanity.
• The beauty of trauma in trauma.

Mythology is an eternal part of life.

• Fala g mythology is an eternal part of our existence.
• Rage like a goddess.
• The three levels of the human mind.
• The trinity, the triangle and the way of darkness.
• The third vibration of the mind.
• The mode of sattva, balance and active mode.

How to contextualize your evolution.

• How vedas represent the anatomy of the human body.
• The invisible rope story.
• Life based on half reality, mithya, subjective reality.
• Body is the center of the body.

Turning our eyes inwards. The snake and rope analogy.

• The new meditation tradition is about stress relief.
• How to domesticate an elephant in India.
• How to overcome childhood trauma.

Moving beyond the trauma of trauma.

• Advising the conversation beyond the trauma.
• The karmic backstory of her own trauma.
• Holding trauma like a bouquet to prevent more trauma.
• Recognizing a true guru.

Why blame the master for sleepwalking disciples?

• Don't throw the baby with the bathwater.
• The importance of surrendering to the guru.
• Model what it is to be a teacher in the 21st century.
• How to get in touch with Shunya.

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Kelsey Peterson lives in Fearless Presence every moment, living with a spinal cord injury. I haven't wanted to help create change for anyone more than her.

Learn more about Kelsey Peterson and access her movie, Move Me: HERE

• Introduction to Kelsey Peterson. Introducing Kelsey Peterson: dancer, choreographer and activist. Award-winning documentary "Move Me." Background on kelsey and her life transformation challenge. How she got into kayaking.
• The difference between being a dancer and having a spinal cord injury. Being able-bodied and her spinal cord injured. Claiming her own power. Respect the first conversation with a stranger. A moment of fearless presence. Being a teacher and being an able-bodied person. Being able-bodied and being able-minded.
• The obstacles of being disabled and overcoming adversity. Awareness of obstacles and the unfriendly environment. The importance of being disabled. The journey of becoming disabled. How the film came to be made.
• Finding a deeper sense of community. Finding a deeper sense of community and being an artist. Scheduling for electronic stimulation implants. Hoping for change in sexual function and bowel function. Her relationship with hope.
• Finding joy in the midst of difficult times. Creating a healthier relationship with hope. Finding joy in the midst of other emotions. Blessed to have come into this life in this position. Finding joy.
• Acceptance is a way of life for everyone. Finding emotions in new ways is a way of life. Dopamine addiction. Finding a new path to a good feeling. Acceptance as a practice.
• Getting to know your body again. Peeling back the layers of negative thought patterns. A daily practice of connecting with her body. Being able-bodied and feeling whole. The first reaction to stress.
• Being present with who you are. The importance of being present with one's body. Acceptance as a defeat. The power of living in the present moment. The greatest hope for the film. Surrendering to the flow of life.
• The gifts that have come from the injury. The gifts that have come from her injury. Your future is behind you. Sabeg is a slogan for inclusion and equity. How to access the documentary. Check in with your own body before and after the video.

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Hypnosis in an incredible tool to achieve Fearless Presence, and Drake Eastburn can help you do that.

Drake has maintained a thriving full-time private practice with multiple Denver offices for over thirty years. His global training includes advanced methods such as Regression Therapy, Resolving Repetitive Body Focused Behaviors (nail biting, skin picking, etc.), and smoking cessation. Drake is the official hypnotist to the USA Olympic Cycling Team and has actually worked with athletes across all sports. His hypnosis work is effective for anxiety and performance and is especially helpful in keeping athletes from freezing in critical moments.

As one of the most prolific authors in contemporary hypnotism, Drake has written seven books on the subject. His books include The Power of the Past; Power Patter; The Therapeutic Hypnotist; The Power of Suggestion—What Every Hypnotist Needs to Know; No Time to Waist—Powerful Hypnotic Weight Loss Secrets You NEED to Know, and the definitive work on his profession, What Is Hypnosis? Really, which will be released as a revised 2nd edition in 2023. Drake’s forthcoming eighth book, The Hypnotist’s Bible—A Reference and A Journey, is set to be released on December 15, 2022. The Hypnotist’s Bible is a journey through the history of hypnosis for practitioners, with a full glossary of hypnosis terms.

Listen in for information on:

• How hypnosis can help you lose weight and reach your 2023 fitness goals
• Why hypnosis can give you the tools to kick your bad habits
• Debunking misinformation and myths about hypnosis
• Learning how to harness the power of your brain for your ultimate success

You can find more about Drake on his website. 

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Victoria Whitfield is a sensei, energy master coach and business reiki master. In this episode, Melanie & Victoria look at how you bridge tactical and esoteric leadership, the importance of alignment with the flow of the market & the certainty that comes with understanding your intuition.

Episode Introduction. 

Introducing sensei Victoria Whitfield, energy master coach and business reiki master. Leadership.

How do you bridge tactical and esoteric leadership?

Bridging the tactical and esoteric aspects of leadership. Being ungrounded as a leader. Putting down roots to weather the storm of feedback and marketing data. Trends are profitable. Authenticity, deepest purpose and problem-solving. The artist trap.

Psychic expenditure in gold coins. 

Branding. The artists and inventors dilemma of creating a new thing. Riding the wave of currency. Psychic expenditure is a piece of burnout. The first image of traveling by land on a raft. How to swim upstream.

The importance of alignment with the flow of the market.

Transitioning from a finite game to an infinite game. Reiki as a lubricant. Reiki as a mental and social lubricant. The five core principles of reiki. The five reiki principles, staying in integrity. The five principles of integrity.

Building trust within yourself and your organization.

Building trust within yourself and within the organization. The problem of having too much ego. Adapting to everyone else's standards. Being an emotional contortionist vs a physical contortionists. Reiki as a healing and healing leadership technique. Reiki training and burnout.

The anatomy of reiki and how it works.

Reiki as a non-intervention-based therapy. Reiki principles applied to different areas of flow. The biosense scan in Japanese. How easy change can be.

Being present to the real problem.

The one thing that needs to shift, like a psychic refund. The reiki principles. Taking an inventory of how one feels. Somatic wisdom and decision making.

Burnout is a betrayal of your somatic system.

Burnout is a betrayal of the somatic system. Reiki is about listening to the body. Listening at a deep level drives patient outcomes. Cultivating own coherence and language. Cultivating personal and professional coherence in relationships and marketing. Resonating and harmonizing with the person.

The relationship between intuition and the spirit guides.

Her relationship with her spirit guides. The relationship between intuitive skills and income. Importance of doing things in a certain way. The science of getting rich by Wallace D Wattles.

The certainty that comes with understanding your intuition.

• The certainty that comes with understanding one's intuition. The communal mind of nature. The power and wisdom of melody and intuition. How to get in touch with Victoria.

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Years before The DaVinci Code book came out in 2003 featuring bold new revelations about Mary Magdalene, Marguerite Rigoglioso, Ph.D., was one of the first scholar priestesses to teach about this great holy woman to small groups in the Boston area. 

Informed by modern icons of the Magdalene movement, Dr. Rigoglioso explores, writes, and teaches about goddesses and priestesses worldwide. Her most recent book, The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception: Mary and the Lineage of Virgin Births, - and it changed my life. She has a new book that will be published in 2024.

Continuously revealing her deep and evolving understanding of Mother Mary through her original and unique research,  Dr. Rigogliso is on a mission to help others embody and express the many forms of Mother Mary and the Magdalene.

She has a new, expanded, and strengthened course, The Seven Mysteries of Magdalene, that launches February 21, 2023 - and I will be in it!

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