Fearless Self-Love

Circumstances ebb and flow in our lives with times of success and love, to times of failure and doubt. Jillie Johnston's view is that no matter the circumstances, we can feel value and joy and learn to love ourselves just the way we are right now in this moment. On this episode, Jillie and I discuss self love and worthiness. Join me in this inspiring and vibrant discussion of navigating self love through this human experience we call life.

• How to love yourself just as you are right now.

• How to sit in the hard times and be okay.
• How to frame time to be full of balance.

Links Mentioned:

www.jilliejohnston.com

Instagram: @jilliejohnstoncoaching

Podcast: http://theworthinessmindset.libsyn.com/2018

Fearless Self Love Retreat: https://www.fearlessselflove.com/

Favorite Quotes:

"Shift your perspective. Choose to be and focus on seeing who you are right now. See yourself for everything you are, and are not and love that part of you." -Jillie Johnston

"I can be and that's enough." -Jillie Johnston

Just because I have self doubt doesn't mean I don't love myself or believe in myself. Just because I struggle with anxiety and depression doesn't mean I'm not a joyful person. It's not a duality. It's both and. You can be both. It's part of our human experience." -Jillie Johnston

"You only know your confidence because you've struggled with self doubt. You only know your resilience because you've been brought to your knees." -Jillie Johnston

" When you have a moment where you truly showed up for yourself, remember the path that brought you there. You can be our own role model. You did it once, you can do it again." -Andrea Catherine

"See yourself in others, it is a representation of you and your possibilities." -Jillie Johnston

"Loving yourself is not about actions. It is internal." -Andrea Catherine

"The journey doesn't end, it just keeps expanding with opportunities and challenges." -Andrea Catherine

"It's not about the destination. It's about the journey and the relationships you cultivate along the way." -Jillie Johnston

"Don't label your emotions. Look at them as data for changing your narrative." -Jillie Johnston

Meet Jillie:

Jillian Johnston, founder of The Worthiness Mindset Podcast, a life coach, joy spreader, and worthiness warrior, empowers people through self-love to rediscover their voice, worth, and power. Jillian has had a unique and uplifting journey that inspires people of all ages to rediscover their power and potential. In her workshops, speaking events, and 1:1 private coaching, she offers simple, creative ideas and daily practices to tap into self-love and cultivate worthiness.

Circumstances ebb and flow in our lives with times of success and love, to times of failure and doubt. Jillie Johnston’s view is that no matter the circumstances, we can feel value and joy and learn to love ourselves just the way we are right now in this moment. On this episode, Jillie and I discuss self love and worthiness. Join me in this inspiring and vibrant discussion of navigating self love through this human experience we call life.

• How to love yourself just as you are right now.

• How to sit in the hard times and be okay.
• How to frame time to be full of balance.

Links Mentioned: 

www.jilliejohnston.com

Instagram: @jilliejohnstoncoaching

Podcast: http://theworthinessmindset.libsyn.com/2018

Fearless Self Love Retreat: https://www.fearlessselflove.com/

Favorite Quotes:

“Shift your perspective. Choose to be and focus on seeing who you are right now. See yourself for everything you are, and are not and love that part of you.” -Jillie Johnston

“I can be and that’s enough.” -Jillie Johnston

Just because I have self doubt doesn’t mean I don’t love myself or believe in myself. Just because I struggle with anxiety and depression doesn’t mean I’m not a joyful person. It’s not a duality. It’s both and. You can be both. It’s part of our human experience.” -Jillie Johnston

“You only know your confidence because you’ve struggled with self doubt. You only know your resilience because you’ve been brought to your knees.” -Jillie Johnston

“ When you have a moment where you truly showed up for yourself, remember the path that brought you there. You can be our own role model. You did it once, you can do it again.” -Andrea Catherine

“See yourself in others, it is a representation of you and your possibilities.” -Jillie Johnston

“Loving yourself is not about actions. It is internal.” -Andrea Catherine

“The journey doesn’t end, it just keeps expanding with opportunities and challenges.” -Andrea Catherine

“It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey and the relationships you cultivate along the way.” -Jillie Johnston

“Don’t label your emotions. Look at them as data for changing your narrative.” -Jillie Johnston

Meet Jillie:

Jillian Johnston, founder of The Worthiness Mindset Podcast, a life coach, joy spreader, and worthiness warrior, empowers people through self-love to rediscover their voice, worth, and power. Jillian has had a unique and uplifting journey that inspires people of all ages to rediscover their power and potential. In her workshops, speaking events, and 1:1 private coaching, she offers simple, creative ideas and daily practices to tap into self-love and cultivate worthiness.

Shame, trauma, fear, pain and dissociation are all words that many women associate with sexuality and body shaming. Salona Carlisle is on a mission to help women find pleasure and sensuality and come back home to their bodies. In this episode Salona and I openly discuss how being sensual in the everyday helps us heal and bring wholeness back into our lives. Join me in this interesting and informative episode.

• How to power down our nervous system to be home in our body.
• How to claim our freedom of expression and wholeness.
• How to invite more pleasure in our lives.

Links Mentioned:

Salona's podcast on sacred sexual empowerment

At home in your body course

Free Gift!!!! 5 part audio series: The feminine soul fulfillment formula. A daily practice to feed your most luminous self and spirit. 7 practices and daily template

Alexander Lowen Bioenergetics

Fearless Self Love Retreat

Favorite Quotes:

"The power of sensuality is that it forces the nervous system to calm down, it forces us to become more receptive, and allows our aliveness to come forward." Salona Carlisle

"Being numbed out and estranged from our bodies creates pain." -Salona Carlisle

"When women dissociate from their sexual essence, they often feel that part of them is missing. It creates a lack of wholeness or completeness and vibrancy" -Solana Carlisle

"See the underlying sacredness of everyday life, of what seems like the ordinary experience." -Salona Carlisle

"When we embrace our sexual life force, it provides a beautiful road map that gives us permission to fall in love with sex again and come back home to our bodies and our sexual aliveness in the most wholistic way. It restores sacredness back into those places that have been disowned and shunned and rejected so we can reclaim our freedom of expression and wholeness." -Salona Carlisle

"We've turned away from the recognition of what is present and what is happening." -Salona Carlisle

"Loving ourselves is a lifelong journey." -Andrea Catherine

"The most powerful practice you can take on to wake up you sensual awareness, is self love. Practice coming back into your body and being with what is present in a space of unconditionality." -Salona Carlisle

"Lean into the moments of joy and pleasure in all moments of life." -Salona Carlisle

Meet Salona:

As a feminine embodiment coach, transformational guide, sacred sexuality mentor, and tantra practitioner, Salona guides women on the journey into radical self-love and back into their essential wholeness so they are empowered to truly master their fulfillment from the inside out.

Through her body-centered approach, she supports her clients in releasing the limiting beliefs and unconscious patterns that have been keeping them stuck and under-realized, so they can experience the freedom and fulfillment of embodying all of the women they aspire to become.

As a result, her clients are able to heal from deep-seated shame, discover their innermost beauty, reclaim their joie de vivre, and live into their most courageous selves, so they can liberate their fullest potential to do their soul's sacred work in the world.

She has dedicated her life to helping women like you feel radiantly alive, reconnect to their essential divinity, and reclaim sexual wholeness as the gateway to their highest potential.

www.salonacarlisle.com

https://www.facebook.com/salonacarlisle

https://twitter.com/salonacarlisle

Shame, trauma, fear, pain and dissociation are all words that many women associate with sexuality and body shaming. Salona Carlisle is on a mission to help women find pleasure and sensuality and come back home to their bodies. In this episode Salona and I openly discuss how being sensual in the everyday helps us heal and bring  wholeness back into our lives. Join me in this interesting and informative episode.

• How to power down our nervous system to be home in our body.
• How to claim our freedom of expression and wholeness.
• How to invite more pleasure in our lives.

Links Mentioned: 

Salona’s podcast on sacred sexual empowerment 

At home in your body course

Free Gift!!!! 5 part audio series: The feminine soul fulfillment formula. A daily practice to feed your most luminous self and spirit. 7 practices and daily template

Alexander Lowen Bioenergetics 

Fearless Self Love Retreat

Favorite Quotes:

“The power of sensuality is that it forces the nervous system to calm down, it forces us to become more receptive, and allows our aliveness to come forward.” Salona Carlisle

“Being numbed out and estranged from our bodies creates pain.” -Salona Carlisle 

“When women dissociate from their sexual essence, they often feel that part of them is missing. It creates a lack of wholeness or completeness and vibrancy” -Solana Carlisle

“See the underlying sacredness of everyday life, of what seems like the ordinary experience.” -Salona Carlisle

“When we embrace our sexual life force, it provides a beautiful road map that gives us permission to fall in love with sex again and come back home to our bodies and our sexual aliveness in the most wholistic way. It restores sacredness back into those places that have been disowned and shunned and rejected so we can reclaim our freedom of expression and wholeness.” -Salona Carlisle

“We’ve turned away from the recognition of what is present and what is happening.” -Salona Carlisle

“Loving ourselves is a lifelong journey.” -Andrea Catherine

“The most powerful practice you can take on to wake up you sensual awareness, is self love. Practice coming back into your body and being with what is present in a space of unconditionality.” -Salona Carlisle

“Lean into the moments of joy and pleasure in all moments of  life.” -Salona Carlisle

Meet Salona:

As a feminine embodiment coach, transformational guide, sacred sexuality mentor, and tantra practitioner, Salona guides women on the journey into radical self-love and back into their essential wholeness so they are empowered to truly master their fulfillment from the inside out. 

Through her body-centered approach, she supports her clients in releasing the limiting beliefs and unconscious patterns that have been keeping them stuck and under-realized, so they can experience the freedom and fulfillment of embodying all of the women they aspire to become. 

As a result, her clients are able to heal from deep-seated shame, discover their innermost beauty, reclaim their joie de vivre, and live into their most courageous selves, so they can liberate their fullest potential to do their soul’s sacred work in the world.

She has dedicated her life to helping women like you feel radiantly alive, reconnect to their essential divinity, and reclaim sexual wholeness as the gateway to their highest potential.

www.salonacarlisle.com     

https://www.facebook.com/salonacarlisle

https://twitter.com/salonacarlisle

Like many women, Cammie has struggled with feelings of not being enough and feeling unworthy. Growing up in a Christian, she thought that loving God meant that she had to act, look, and be a certain way. This belief led her to look outward for acceptance and love until one day she "hit her head against the wall" and realized that love comes from within. Cammie discusses her journey to find love and unlearn the beliefs of who she thought God was and who she thought she should be. Join me as we discuss her journey to self-love.

Work with Cammie ~ How to Heal from Self-Sabotaging Beliefs course

• How stripping away beliefs of unworthiness helps us find love within ourselves

• How to give yourself permission to do the things you want to do without guilt
• Why learning to love yourself creates healing

Links Mentioned:

Podcast: Master Self Love https://podtail.com/podcast/master-self-love/

Higher Heart 6 week course with Cammie Knight starts August 18 https://www.cammieknight.org/a-higher-heart-1

Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com

Favorite Quotes:

"Love is the absence of the presence of fear." -Cammie Knight

"The absence of love is fear because it hides the truth of what love really is." -Cammie Knight

"When we say we're not enough we tear down our self-esteem." -Cammie Knight

"Love is not about doing things. It is not external. It is not about being enough and it is not about people accepting us." -Cammie Knight

"The unlearning and the stripping away of the beliefs that I was unworthy taught me that the love I was looking for was within me." -Cammie Knight

"Acceptance is an inside job" -Andrea Catherine

"When we are In the fetal position of life, we surrender and let go of control." -Cammie Knight

Meet Cammie:

Cammie Knight is a Healing consultant for women. She helps women heal from "DEEPLY ROOTED" Self-Sabotaging Beliefs, so that they may stand in their TRUE POWER which is LOVE. This was as soul journey that she initially went on for herself and later found that the awakening that happened in her life was bigger than herself. She awakened to SELF LOVE, and ALLLLL of what was truly revealed to her about this truth. As she began unpacking the layers that was blocking her true self , she started seeing that the lower vibrations of feeling that "she wasn't enough, feeling abandoned, having low self -esteem, and feeling unworthy was not "Her" beliefs but rather the agreements she said "yes" to on a subconscious level that she took on as herself. ANNNND SO THE UNPACKING BEGAN, and on "her," journey she saw what was REAL and that was the LOVE that lived inside of her! As she began aligning with this truth, it was revealed to her that this was a calling to help others, heal from Self Sabotaging BELIEFS. Because the truth is, the limiting beliefs that one may have towards themselves isn't who we really ARE! And through her journey, she has helped others unlock the walls of what has blocked them from their Authentic selves. LOVE is the Key and she is grateful to help others on their journey of healing! ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cammie-knight-26822a161

Cammie's website: https://www.cammieknight.org/

Cammie's email: [email protected]

Instagram: @camieluvs

Like many women, Cammie has struggled with feelings of not being enough and feeling unworthy. Growing up in a Christian, she thought that loving God meant that she had to act, look, and be a certain way. This belief led her to look outward for acceptance and love until one day she “hit her head against the wall” and realized that love comes from within. Cammie discusses her journey to find love and unlearn the beliefs of who she thought God was and who she thought she should be. Join me as we discuss her journey to self-love. 

 Work with Cammie ~ How to Heal from Self-Sabotaging Beliefs course

• How stripping away beliefs of unworthiness helps us find love within ourselves 

• How to give yourself permission to do the things you want to do without guilt
• Why learning to love yourself creates healing

Links Mentioned: 

Podcast: Master Self Love https://podtail.com/podcast/master-self-love/

Higher Heart 6 week course with Cammie Knight starts August 18 https://www.cammieknight.org/a-higher-heart-1

Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com 

Favorite Quotes:

“Love is the absence of the presence of fear.” -Cammie Knight

“The absence of love is fear because it hides the truth of what love really is.” -Cammie Knight

“When we say we’re not enough we tear down our self-esteem.” -Cammie Knight

“Love is not about doing things. It is not external. It is not about being enough and it is not about people accepting us.” -Cammie Knight

“The unlearning and the stripping away of the beliefs that I was unworthy taught me that the love I was looking for was within me.” -Cammie Knight

“Acceptance is an inside job” -Andrea Catherine

“When we are In the fetal position of life, we surrender and let go of control.” -Cammie Knight

Meet Cammie:

Cammie Knight is a Healing consultant for women. She helps women heal from “DEEPLY ROOTED” Self-Sabotaging Beliefs, so that they may stand in their TRUE POWER which is LOVE. This was as soul journey that she initially went on for herself and later found that the awakening that happened in her life was bigger than herself. She awakened to SELF LOVE, and ALLLLL of what was truly revealed to her about this truth. As she began unpacking the layers that was blocking her true self , she started seeing that the lower vibrations of feeling that “she wasn’t enough, feeling abandoned, having low self -esteem, and feeling unworthy was not “Her” beliefs but rather the agreements she said “yes” to on a subconscious level that she took on as herself. ANNNND SO THE UNPACKING BEGAN, and on “her,” journey she saw what was REAL and that was the LOVE that lived inside of her!  As she began aligning with this truth, it was revealed to her that this was a calling to help others, heal from Self Sabotaging BELIEFS. Because the truth is, the limiting beliefs that one may have towards themselves isn’t who we really ARE! And through her journey, she has helped others unlock the walls of what has blocked them from their Authentic selves. LOVE is the Key and she is grateful to help others on their journey of healing! ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cammie-knight-26822a161

Cammie's website:  https://www.cammieknight.org/

Cammie's email: [email protected]

Instagram: @camieluvs

Kathleen Hanagan is a spiritual activist. She believes that being able to hold space for our own feelings as well as for the beliefs and opinions of others -- without attaching ourselves to them -- creates healthy connections. Her compassion, humor, and candor help people discover deeper meaning in their own challenges. She shows us that courage and compassion can transform our lives, which then changes the world. In this episode, Kathleen and I have a thoughtful, poignant discussion about change, connections and the challenge of moving toward self love.

In this episode:

• How to embrace self-love through the power of mirroring
• How to challenge your inner voice/critic through life's changes
• How healthy connections can heal and transform in times of grieving

Links Mentioned:

https://www.kathleenhanagan.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.hanagan

http://twitter.com/kathleenhanagan

http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenhanagan

Instagram---hanagannow

Loveseed, The Template For Birthing A New World by Kathleen Hanagan

https://www.amazon.com/Loveseed-template-birthing-new-world/dp/1945586141

Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com

Johann Hari Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Book: Changing For Good by James O. Prochaska

https://www.amazon.com/Changing-Good-Revolutionary...Positively/.../038072572X

The seven chakras: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-91/The-7-Chakras-for-Beginners.html

African Birth Song: https://neterianafricanreligion.net/the-role-of-birth-song-in-african-life/

Favorite Quotes:

"Healthy connection is what allows us to heal and transform." -Kathleen Hanagan

"Our own life experiences are educational and serve us when we move into what we want." -Andrea Catherine

"The voice of the inner critic is very loud. It is not the voice of our real self. It is a fear based voice that tries to keep us small and quiet." -Kathleen Hanagan

"The best motivator for change is self-love." -Kathleen Hanagan

"We don't have to have resolve every problem in our life to have self love." -Andrea Catherine

"If you don't follow through with an intention, don't judge or self criticize, examine why? What took precedence? Let it be. That is self love." -Kathleen Hanagan

"If you say you love yourself but don't take care of yourself then it is easier to justify doing other things. It is self deception." -Andrea Catherine

"We are wired to feel things. It is not natural to stop the process of feeling." -Kathleen Hanagan

"Reflect and hold space for yourself and others without taking on negativity. I hear you, I see what you are saying. I reflect back but I don't take it on. That, is an art." -Kathleen Hanagan

"You can't heal until you feel. By bringing consciousness (without judgement) to pain, pain transforms. Grief transforms to compassion and love, anger transforms to power, and fear transforms to enthusiasm." -Kathleen Hanagan

Meet Kathleen:

Kathleen Hanagan is spiritual teacher, modern mystic, psychotherapist, and author, whose work integrates the essential wisdom of the great spiritual traditions with scientific knowledge, 30 years working intimately with individuals, couples, and groups, and her own quest for liberation. Kathleen's gift is her ability to translate esoteric knowledge into practical tools that help us navigate the stormy waters of the human journey. Her book, Loveseed: The Template To Birth A New World, teaches us how to live from the center of our being, and how to live our Soul's purpose in full integrity and prosperity.

Kathleen Hanagan is a spiritual activist. She believes that being able to hold space for our own feelings as well as for the beliefs and opinions of others  -- without attaching ourselves to them -- creates healthy connections. Her compassion, humor, and candor help people discover deeper meaning in their own challenges. She shows us that courage and compassion can transform our lives, which then changes the world. In this episode, Kathleen and I have a thoughtful, poignant discussion about change, connections and the challenge of moving toward self love. 

In this episode:

• How to embrace self-love through the power of mirroring
• How to  challenge your inner voice/critic through life’s changes
• How healthy connections can heal and transform in times of grieving

Links Mentioned: 

https://www.kathleenhanagan.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.hanagan

http://twitter.com/kathleenhanagan   

http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenhanagan

Instagram---hanagannow

Loveseed, The Template For Birthing A New World by Kathleen Hanagan

https://www.amazon.com/Loveseed-template-birthing-new-world/dp/1945586141

Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com 

Johann Hari  Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Book: Changing For Good by James O. Prochaska

https://www.amazon.com/Changing-Good-Revolutionary...Positively/.../038072572X

The seven chakras: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-91/The-7-Chakras-for-Beginners.html

African Birth Song: https://neterianafricanreligion.net/the-role-of-birth-song-in-african-life/

Favorite Quotes:

“Healthy connection is what allows us to heal and transform.” -Kathleen Hanagan

“Our own life experiences are educational and serve us when we move into what we want.” -Andrea Catherine

“The voice of the inner critic is very loud. It is not the voice of our real self. It is a fear based voice that tries to keep us small and quiet.” -Kathleen Hanagan

“The best motivator for change is self-love.” -Kathleen Hanagan

“We don’t have to have resolve every problem in our life to have self love.” -Andrea Catherine

“If you don’t follow through with an intention, don’t judge or self criticize, examine why? What took precedence? Let it be. That is self love.” -Kathleen Hanagan

“If you say you love yourself but don’t take care of yourself then it is easier to justify doing other things. It is self deception.” -Andrea Catherine

“We are wired to feel things. It is not natural to stop the process of feeling.” -Kathleen Hanagan

“Reflect and hold space for yourself and others without taking on negativity. I hear you, I see what you are saying. I reflect back but I don’t take it on. That, is an art.” -Kathleen Hanagan

“You can’t heal until you feel. By bringing consciousness (without judgement) to pain, pain transforms. Grief transforms to compassion and love, anger transforms to power, and fear transforms to enthusiasm.” -Kathleen Hanagan

Meet Kathleen:

Kathleen Hanagan is spiritual teacher, modern mystic, psychotherapist, and author, whose work integrates the essential wisdom of the great spiritual traditions with scientific knowledge, 30 years working intimately with individuals, couples, and groups, and her own quest for liberation. Kathleen’s gift is her ability to translate esoteric knowledge into practical tools that help us navigate the stormy waters of the human journey.  Her book, Loveseed: The Template To Birth A New World, teaches us how to live from the center of our being, and how to live our Soul’s purpose in full integrity and prosperity.

Social situations have always been a challenge for Harris Montanye. After years of practicing classic yoga and meditation, he realized this practice was creating a shell that kept him from engaging with others. That realization has thrown Harris on a path of self discovery and authenticity. A path where "interaction and community, now feel like the healthiest thing for me. It feels like I just ate a nourishing meal," he says. Harris and I discuss his journey, his insights along the way and what is next in his life. Join me in a thoughtful and engaging discussion about engaging in your world.

• How can your insecurities can make you curious?
• How can you engage in the world in a practical way?
• Why noticing your behaviors, actions and thinking boost your authenticity?

Fearless Self-Love Retreat

Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten by Stephen Yafa

Eat Wheat : by Dr. John Douillard

Center For Restorative Youth Justice

Show Highlights:

02:58 Easeful Living Practice

05:28 Interview with Harris Begins!

14:48 How Harris' Yoga perspective has changed -- from classical to Tantra

19:37 Tools for navigating insecurities and moving toward curiosity

24:38 Meaning of Authenticity

29:10 How Harris acts on Self-love

46:20 Courageous Self-Care Tip

Favorite Quotes:

"Being with people helps me become a more realistic version of the person I want to become." -Andrea Catherine

"I'm trying to engage in my world rather than turn away from it." -Harris Montanye

"I believed in enlightenment and blissful reality. Now I'm trying to show up." -Harris Montanye

"What lights me up are my insecurities. When I really look at them, they make me turn toward life and make me curious." -Harris Montanye

"Sometimes I feel like I'm teaching myself when I say something to a client or a class. It is a reminder to self, a check, that I am in integrity with what I am saying." -Andrea Catherine

"Internal authenticity creates a conversation with external motivation and makes it more authentic. That conversation has to start from inside, not outside." -Harris Montanye

"Even when we are on a path of authenticity, if we are not in a place of self validation, then we can't hear or understand that authenticity." -Andrea Catherine

"One of the gifts of human creation is that no one in the entire universe is like you. You get to decide who that person is going to be." -Harris Montanye

"Advice is only helpful if you make the changes." -Harris Montanye

"Self love is an action more than a feeling. I can feel upset with myself or feel really foolish about a mistake or an action I made. But that fool in me needs just as much compassion and care as the one who feels on top of the world...maybe even more." -Andrea Catherine

Meet Harris:

Harris Montanye has his Bachelor's degree in psychology and has spent the last four years teaching and studying yoga. He is in his early twenties trying to find a way of living that is meaningful and authentic. In many ways he is lost and insecure trying to navigate the maze of life. He has found that the only way forward is to keep moving and to keep breathing. Knowing that sometimes the best movement is stillness and the greatest skill is being able to choose what you pay attention to.

Social situations have always been a challenge for Harris Montanye. After years of practicing classic yoga and meditation, he realized this practice was creating a shell that kept him from engaging with others. That realization has thrown Harris on a path of self discovery and authenticity. A path where "interaction and community, now feel like the healthiest thing for me. It feels like I just ate a nourishing meal," he says. Harris and I discuss his journey, his insights along the way and what is next in his life. Join me in a thoughtful and engaging discussion about engaging in your world.

• How can your insecurities can make you curious?
• How can you engage in the world in a practical way?
• Why noticing your behaviors, actions and thinking boost your authenticity?

Fearless Self-Love Retreat

Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten by Stephen Yafa

Eat Wheat : by Dr. John Douillard

Center For Restorative Youth Justice

Show Highlights:

02:58 Easeful Living Practice

05:28 Interview with Harris Begins!

14:48 How Harris' Yoga perspective has changed -- from classical to Tantra

19:37 Tools for navigating insecurities and moving toward curiosity

24:38 Meaning of Authenticity

29:10 How Harris acts on Self-love

46:20 Courageous Self-Care Tip

Favorite Quotes:

"Being with people helps me become a more realistic version of the person I want to become." -Andrea Catherine

"I'm trying to engage in my world rather than turn away from it." -Harris Montanye

"I believed in enlightenment and blissful reality. Now I'm trying to show up." -Harris Montanye

"What lights me up are my insecurities. When I really look at them, they make me turn toward life and make me curious." -Harris Montanye

"Sometimes I feel like I'm teaching myself when I say something to a client or a class. It is a reminder to self, a check, that I am in integrity with what I am saying." -Andrea Catherine

"Internal authenticity creates a conversation with external motivation and makes it more authentic. That conversation has to start from inside, not outside." -Harris Montanye

"Even when we are on a path of authenticity, if we are not in a place of self validation, then we can't hear or understand that authenticity." -Andrea Catherine

"One of the gifts of human creation is that no one in the entire universe is like you. You get to decide who that person is going to be." -Harris Montanye

"Advice is only helpful if you make the changes." -Harris Montanye

"Self love is an action more than a feeling. I can feel upset with myself or feel really foolish about a mistake or an action I made. But that fool in me needs just as much compassion and care as the one who feels on top of the world...maybe even more." -Andrea Catherine

Meet Harris:

Harris Montanye has his Bachelor's degree in psychology and has spent the last four years teaching and studying yoga. He is in his early twenties trying to find a way of living that is meaningful and authentic. In many ways he is lost and insecure trying to navigate the maze of life. He has found that the only way forward is to keep moving and to keep breathing. Knowing that sometimes the best movement is stillness and the greatest skill is being able to choose what you pay attention to.