The main mission at GroWise Be Well is to raise the energetic frequency of humanity, and Sarah has been working on an exciting new tool to help her achieve that goal. This new tool is the GroWise Be Well website and in today’s episode, listeners get to hear all about how to navigate it so they can access the high-frequency resources to be found there. There has been a slight break in episodes of this show but Sarah assures us that this is all due to the immense time and energy she has been putting into making the website as special as possible. She takes us on a tour of the website from the top, giving a simple tutorial on how to do the guided meditation, explore the menus, set up an account, and then browse the different products on the online shop. Sarah was able to heal herself by learning self-love and the modalities she used were wide-ranging, from herbal arts to mindfulness and divination. One of the most exciting parts about the website is that you’ll be able to find out more about these 13 modalities there too! So tune in today and remember to trust in your capacity for healing and transformation because everything you need already exists inside you!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why there has been a break in regular releases of this show.
• The work Sarah has been doing to launch the GroWise Be Well website.
• Changes that have been going on in the GroWise Be Well business; products, staff, and more.
• A reminder of the main mission statement behind the GroWise Be Well company.
• Learning how to live in love and lovingly defend your boundaries.
• The products to be found under the GroWise Be Well umbrella on the website.
• Sarah walks listeners through the website’s UI and the different tools to be found there.
• The modalities Sarah uses to help people heal themselves that exist on the website.
• Doing the meditation, creating an account, filling your toolbox, and visiting the shop.
• Staying up to date with changes at GWBW by signing up for the newsletter.
• Engaging in Sarah’s healing philosophies by exploring the modalities menu.
• How to make a personal appointment with Sarah on the website.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

You don’t need tools to connect you to healing energy or your guides. Everything that you need is within you. But when you’ve strayed from your path and you feel lost in the darkness, these tools can be the lanterns that you need to find your way back to the light. Today host Sarah Southwell discusses the value of learning new tools while staying true to yourself. After catching listeners up on her journey, and that of GroWise Be Well, Sarah unpacks her experience of becoming a Reiki master while also learning intuitive healing. We then talk about how tools like tarot cards and crystals can reignite your connection to your guides. Reflecting on her recent learnings, Sarah opens up about the top insights that she’s taken away from her process. The key to this is the idea of learning from others but never blindly following them. Later, Sarah shares her metaphor about why life is an enchanted forest and how healing tools are lanterns that light our way. Join us to hear more about learning these tools and how they can illuminate your way forward. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Sarah opens up about feeling ‘podcast block’ and what she’s been up to.
• Why you don’t always need tools to connect to your guides. 
• The value that tools can bring to your healing process.
• Using Reiki to introduce people to energy healing.
• Hear about Sarah’s experience learning intuitive healing. 
• Why you should be grateful for new knowledge while also not accepting it blindly.
• The importance of always deciding what’s right for you. 
• Why life is an enchanted forest — and the need to find ‘lanterns’ when we lose our way.
• Sarah shares her feelings on why you are powerful enough to light your way through the dark parts of your life.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

Lisa Powers

Kathryn Schiff

It has long been a pressing issue that humans are destroying themselves by living unsustainably on this planet, but the good news is there is still hope that we can change. In today’s episode, Sarah talks about the lessons she has been giving her kids at home about the magic of the universe and how they point to the urgent issues humanity is facing. Our host and her kids recently watched David Attenborough’s A Life On Our Planet, which acts as a reminder of the beauty and magic of biodiversity on this planet as well as the importance of treating our environment more kindly. However, as Sarah reminds us today, the earth is strong enough to survive and outlive humans — it is ourselves who we truly threaten with our damaging practices. Sarah goes on to share a few of the ways that she has made some changes in her habits toward the goal of living in more harmony with the planet. She also gives listeners some tips for practices that they can implement in their lives to begin to reverse the damage that has been done. Remember, it is still possible for us to change and create a future where humans are alive and well on this planet. Tune in today for a message of caution, practical steps, and most importantly, hope.

Key Points From This Episode:

• The profound beauty of our planet and the biodiversity it can sustain. 
• The interconnectedness between humans, the earth, and everything in the universe.
• Negative versus positive media, and the importance of believing humans can be better.
• The idea that the earth will survive; the task of humans is to save humanity.
• A suggestion to watch A Life On Our Planet, which explores these themes.
• The need to face up to what we are doing to the earth and make a plan to stop.
• Human-made systems that don’t make it easy for us to recycle and treat the planet better.
• Steps Sarah and her family are taking to reduce environmental destruction.
• Tips for becoming a more active participant in the move toward sustainability.
• The notion that reversing the damage we have done is still possible.
• Practices that are unsustainable such as having more than two kids and using palm oil.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

Blue Planet

A Life On Our Planet

• Sarah introduces today’s mindfulness technique.
• Exploring how you can ‘breathe in and out in color.’
• How breathing in color can help you feel unstuck.
• Adding positive statements to the breathe-in-color process.

Ascension may seem like a big word but it perfectly captures the moment when you rise above your negative feelings and embrace love. Today host Sarah Southwell opens up to share her recent moment of ascension. After introducing the episode, we talk about the dangers of receiving revelations and how it can lead to overthinking and anxiety. As Sarah explains, to ascend is to reach a place where you can see things clearly. Following this explanation, we explore how vital ascending is to uplifting ourselves and the people in our lives. Sarah then dives into her moment of ascension, unpacking her revelation and how it helped her overcome lifelong feelings of struggle. As we discuss her takeaways from this experience, Sarah highlights that your moment of ascension doesn’t need to last forever. Instead, it becomes a warm and wonderful reference point that you can always go back to. Tune in to hear about ascending and the beauty of letting go and seeing with love. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• The danger of that comes with not accepting your revelation. 
• Sarah explains what it means to ascend.
• How ascension can help you uplift those around you.
• Sarah shares her fears about ascending.
• Hear about the links between Sarah and her husband’s dream. 
• How Sarah experienced her moment of ascension. 
• Why ascending is about feeling and seeing with love.
• The importance of setting up healthy boundaries while letting things go.
• How mindfulness has positively impacted Sarah’s marriage.
• Sarah’s final reflections on having moments of ascension.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

Anxiety and panic are commonly felt but rarely talked about. Today host Sarah Southwell discusses the causes of anxiety while offering solutions that have helped her to overcome these feelings. Sarah opens our conversation by sharing details about how she experiences anxiety and panic. From over or under-exercising to reading a book that inspires bad dreams, we unpack how you can develop feelings of unease. We then reflect on the difficulties of trying to be everything to everyone and how this can lead to feeling ungrounded. Linked to feeling ungrounded, Sarah explores how anxiety can open the floodgates of negative self-reproach that exploit your vulnerable state. Later, Sarah shares her top four tools for mastering anxiety. As we dive into her solutions, Sarah explains the benefits of essential oils, oriental medicine, and meditation. Anxiety is natural; much like all pain that we face in life. Tune in as we reflect on what you can do to tackle your anxiety from a place of joy, calm, and security. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Sarah shares her experiences of anxiety and panic.
• How maintaining your lifestyle balance can limit anxiety.
• The dangers of trying to be “everything for everyone.”
• Finding joy while overcoming painful circumstances.
• Why you should never dwell on the question; ‘what’s wrong with you?’
• The differences between excitement and anxiety.
• Sarah’s perspective on what panic means to her.
• Top tools to identify the source of your anxiety or panic.
• How essential oils can help you feel grounded again.
• Using oriental medicine to rebuild your energy. 
• How meditation trains your mind into following positive thought patterns.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

The Unknowing Episode on Apple Podcasts

Bach Rescue Remedy

We all want to help others but it can be difficult to reach people who are in a challenging situation — especially when they can’t recognize their circumstances. Today host Sarah Southwell reflects on what it means to help people, especially as help can come at a personal cost to yourself. We explore what these costs are before looking at what you can do to protect yourself from negative energy. While highlighting the importance of having hope and knowing that things will work out in the end, Sarah talks about why it’s up to each individual to save themselves. After sharing how true friends set boundaries, we touch on why we should focus on being positive and not burden people with our expectations. From meditation to having a letting-go ceremony, Sarah then shares her top tools to reach out to people who are open to being helped. Most profoundly, both time and your inner-power are key in overcoming circumstances. Tune in for more insights on how you can help people to help themselves. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why it can be so difficult to help those people in trouble.
• The personal cost of helping people.
• Changing direction when your thoughts lead you down dark paths. 
• Exploring ways that we can help people who are in ‘the pit.’
• What you can do to protect yourself from negative energy.
• Reflecting on what it means to be a true friend and set boundaries.
• How we don’t always get what we want but that we get what we need. 
• Allowing your loved ones the chance to learn key lessons.
• The virtue of ‘faking it until you make it.’
• Hear about the tools that Sarah uses to help others.
• Why you shouldn’t have expectations when helping people.
• Sarah’s top lessons; time heals and the importance of believing in your power. 
• Acknowledging the struggle it takes to overcome your situation. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

Today’s mantra, courtesy of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, reminds us that you are solid and grounded like a mountain. After sharing how she first encountered the mantra and why it resonates with her, host Sarah Southwell reads I am the Mountain. The events in your life are temporary. Tune in and reflect on how strong and rooted you can be.  

Key Points From This Episode:

• Sarah shares where she first heard today’s mantra. 
• Exploring the meaning behind today’s mantra.
• Hear I am the Mountain, a reminder that you can weather any storm. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Today we debut a new type of GroWise Be Well episode — our Daily Sayings. More than an opportunity to share words to live by, these sayings are tools to help you focus on positivity and joy. In today’s episode host Sarah Southwell reads The Optimist’s Creed. Tune in to hear this wonderful call to make your optimism come true.  

Key Points From This Episode:

• Sarah introduces the concept behind our new Daily Sayings series.
• Hear the Optimist’s Creed, a powerful promise to live every day with hope. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

Christian D. Larson

When you start anything new, hoping for the best isn’t always enough to rid yourself of a fear of the unknown — or as host, Sarah Southwell calls it, the unknowing. For our first show of 2021, Sarah speaks about how we can conquer the unknowing and live more intentional and present lives. Early in the conversation, Sarah dives into using divination tools to help you understand what you need to look out for and look forward to. But as she explains, divination isn’t the same as having the universe on speed-dial. We then explore how fixating on the future leads to doubt and why divination tools should be used for guidance and to help connect yourself to your intuition. Sarah shares how she overcomes the unknowing through visualization before discussing the importance of knowing yourself. Later, Sarah highlights the reasons why we shouldn’t stress about the future. 2021 will be a year of magic. So tune in to hear more about starting the year with your best foot forward. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Sarah talks about the power of staying present.
• How new starts can create a trepidation for the unknown.
• Exploring the use of divination tools like tarot cards.
• How fixating on your future can cause you to doubt yourself.
• Why divination tools connect you to your intuition —  they don’t tell you what to do.
• Sarah shares the tools she uses to conquer ‘the unknowing.’
• Acknowledging that you can’t change others. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well

The Santa Clause