Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari has a really interesting chat with Katelyn Dowling. Katelyn talks about everything that relates to heart-brain coherence, how to influence our inner state to affect our outer space, and how to update our operating system in order to have a better life really. When we exist in a state of relaxation and presence we start to arm ourselves to face challenges in a more composed way.

“You can think of your operating system, your internal operating system as the brain work you use or the lens through which you view the world. And how you – as an individual – interact with and relate to anything that comes into your field.” – Katelyn Dowling

Katelyn also explains that if you want to begin this process of updating your operating system – which is actually just a metaphor to create more inner balance – you need to first be more aware of your unconscious thoughts. Observe yourself. Always check in with yourself, and make the constant effort to let go of actions and behaviors that you no longer want.

“For me, helping people to remember that we are not actually separated from the planet that sustains our entire being is really important right now.” – Katelyn Dowling

In addition, you will learn a practical exercise to connect your breath and attention to your heart. By doing this exercise, you will start to pay more attention to the environment around you, how you can create with everything you have now, and how to feel more elevated emotions such as harmony, joy, creativity, peace, and gratitude.

“Heart-brain coherence is a specific avenue through which you can shift very rapidly your state, your physiological state from one of stress to one of coherence – which you can think of as the opposite of stress.” – Katelyn Dowling

About Katelyn Dowling

Katelyn Dowling, Ph.D. in clinical psychology as well as founder and CEO of Sustainable Self Inc. Through consultation and coaching, Katelyn is able to help business owners, leaders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs to make more reasoned decisions around work and life, always taking into account the individual’s inner state.

Key Timestamps

[01:44] – What made Katelyn follow this career;

[05:17] – Overview on how our operating system works;

[07:11] – How to identify the processes of our own operating system;

[16:05] – At what point in life people actually look for Katelyn and her work;

[21:18] – How to connect heart and brain coherently;

[26:53] – Differences between the practice of heart-brain coherence and meditation;

[28:33] – How to use heart-brain coherence for creativity in life & business;

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari interviews Coach and Holistic Designer Kimberly Garner. Kimberly talks about how the environment and the external situations surrounding us can influence and affect what we think and how we feel. According to Kimberly, it all starts with intention and putting intention in every little thing in our life.

“You have to allow yourself to feel in your body that trauma. We can’t just intellectualize it because we’re grown ups.” – Kimberly Garner

Rearranging our thoughts and working on our inner self is the key to actually change our life and routines. Tune in to your inner person, focus your mind on personal mantras and bring your awareness to what you are thinking: that’s the only way to step out of old and unwanted behaviors.

“When we decide that we’re going to follow our hearts and go against the grain of our comfort zone, that’s when the subconscious is triggered into high alert.” – Kimberly Garner

Kimberly also explains how unhealed traumas can be triggered all over again in your adult life if not taken care of. Be curious about what is causing the struggles, and make changes step by step. Triggers of old traumas are big thresholds. They are big moments and decisive moments. It’s also important to know that some things you were thought no longer serve you and these false beliefs must be left behind.

About Kimberly Garner

Kimberly Garner is a coach & holistic designer. Her work method involves the subconscious mind, neuroscience, holistic coaching, and interior design. Through courses and training, Kimberly teaches other individuals how to identify what they want, how to stop self sabotaging, and how to heal interior distresses.

Key Timestamps

[01:55] – The early stages of Kimberly’s career;

[05:18] – What to do when we cannot change – and benefit from – the environment?

[14:21] – How can someone be greater than the environment and start to heal past traumas;

[18:50] – What to do when we are triggered by old traumas?

[24:34] – How to not fall into the trap of repeating old behaviors;

[31:12] – Kimberly explains why change takes courage;

[38:51] – The importance of decluttering our household from memories;

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari has a very insightful conversation with Anat Peri. They talk about how important our childhood experiences and the relationships we nurtured at this phase can be and how it can impact our way of thinking as adults. The role that parents play on our lives is really important because, at this point, they represent love and a sense of wholeness. With that in mind, is good to know that certain traumatic situations can ignite mirrored behaviors.

“What I realized over time is that I was trimming weeds, wasn’t really getting to the root of things.” – Anat Peri

Another topic of discussion today was self love and self discovery. Anat tells us a little bit about her background and a few life situations that lead her to growth. She also talks about finding purpose in life and how important it is to gain knowledge about what you actually want to do in life, read books about those specific topics, and have a community that push you forward to your goals. The number one step to actually make an impactful change on the way you see your role in the world is awareness.

“A lot of the traumas – big T traumas, little T traumas – that we experience in childhood become our way of living. And it’s not living, it’s surviving.” – Anat Peri

About Anat Peri

Anat Peri is a transformational coach who helps people deal with fear and false beliefs while increasing performance in work and life. Her transformational program Training Camp for the Soul is an effective masterclass for those feeling the need to change, switch energies and unlock their potentials. 

Key Timestamps

[02:04] – Anat shares a little bit about her own story;

[12:45] – What was the specific transformational moment for Anat; 

[28:45] – Why bad influences can affect our belief systems;

[32:14] – Is having a community important for our goals?

[38:24] – Simple steps to practice to get rid of unhealed emotions;

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari talks with comedian Maz Jobrani. Maz shares with us some of the best advice on pursuing our passion, working with whatever our heart is set on, and living an adventurous life because we only have one to live and we’re the only one who knows what’s best for us.

“You shouldn’t worry about being accepted by anyone because ultimately if you’re lucky enough to find what you love doing, you should do it, and that will make you happy, and that will make it easier for you to make others around you happy.” – Maz Jobrani

According to Maz if we have a skill, a special ability, or something we’re really passionate about we need to give it a try, wherever that may occur – in our home country or abroad. In addition, in order to make that dream a reality we need to remember our past accomplishments and what we have achieved so far. This will only give us courage and security to follow the path.

“Your parents want what’s best for you but they don’t know what’s best for you. You know what’s best for you.” – Maz Jobrani

During the conversation you will also hear a few inspirational words about how to deal with parents’ pressure when making career decisions and how to keep moving forward even without support. Sometimes parents think they have an obligation to guide us because they believe that they know what the best option for us is. In reality, only we know that; so we should listen, learn, but most of all, trust ourselves.

About Maz Jobrani

Maz Jobrani is a comedian, actor and writer. Known for his stand up shows and participations on channel Comedy Central, Maz is also one of the founders of comedy group “Axis of Evil”. After having attended law classes early in life, he decided to pursue comedy and acting as a career.

Key Timestamps

[03:16] – Maz talks about the early stages of his career;

[10:20] – Pursuing our passion regardless of other people; 

[12:51] – How to deal with pressure from parents;

[18:19] – Career choices: what if we don’t have support?;

[22:54] – How Maz handles career struggles;

[29:32] – Maz’s final work/business advice;

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari interviews Mark Gober. Mark gives some really interesting explanations about consciousness and its connection with the physical brain. Based on the assumption that our consciousness is abstract and exists regardless of the brain, we can start to explore its impact on the way we experience life. Some studies show that consciousness outlives the brain when we die, and that can be associated with NDEs (Near Death Experiences).

“The brain, rather than producing consciousness, appears to be more like a blindfold or a filtering mechanism, meaning, the consciousness that we have is way beyond the limited experience that we have right now.” – Mark Gober

Reports from people who went through NDEs attest that different experiences happen when we die. Examples include: veridical out of body experiences, viewing situations from a different point of view, and the concept of Life Review (seeing our lives in flashes through the eyes of people we impacted while living). All of these experiences can be really impactful on new interactions and new perspectives of who went through that.

“What we take with us beyond the body is our consciousness and the way in which we evolved.” – Mark Gober

In addition, Mark talks about some real case studies and applications about psychedelics, psychokinesis and meditations. To assimilate all of the knowledge about consciousness and the power of the brain, Mark advises people to absorb these concepts without altering their values and passions, to remember to follow their intuition and to always try to do “the next obvious thing.”

About Mark Gober

Mark Gober is a speaker, podcast host and the author of the award-winning book ‘An End to Upside Down Thinking’ and its sequel ‘An End to Upside Down Living’. With a background as a banking analyst in New York and as a businessman in Silicon Valley, today Mark conducts interviews with world-leading researchers on his podcast ‘Where Is My Mind?’ He is also an international speaker and member of the Board of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and the School of Wholeness and Enlightenment (SoWE).

Key Timestamps

[3:03] – Mark talks about what led him to study consciousness;

[8:52] – Consciousness and its connection with the brain; 

[15:42] – Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and consciousness;

[23:27] – Evidences of NDEs and researches’ applications in the modern world;

[35:25] – Mark talks about how this knowledge impacted his life;

[40:02] – Studies on psychedelics and meditation;

[46:23] – How to apply these concepts in life? (And do we need to?);

[51:32] – Mark’s #4 suggestions to live according to all of this knowledge

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari talks about the power that the environment surrounding us has to determine how we feel inside. Environments are responsible to change the cells and, although we are not able to change our cells and our genes, we are able to change the environment. Today, Sarah explains why that is enough. Biology is unalterable, but we can highly influence it by stepping out of the same patterns and visions.

“We are so afraid of the unknown that we are never going to be able to know what we can create when we try to curate a life that doesn’t necessarily allow for opportunities that can build an absolutely amazing life.” – Sarah Saffari

Sarah also explains that memories and past experiences need to be detached from any emotional weight connected to it because only that way we can remove the wiring that gets us sad, angry, anxious, or fearful about those same experiences. According to Sarah, memory with no emotional charge attached to it is just wisdom and we can benefit from that. To summarize: we have the power to see outside the box, change our reality and be limitless because, in due course, it all comes down to perception.

About Sarah Saffari

Sarah is a business coach, entrepreneur and co-owner of the CEOwned Coach. Having initiated her career as a fitness professional, helping a great number of people gain confidence with their looks, Sarah is now focused on spreading her message by helping online entrepreneurs create 7-figures businesses. Her company CEOwned Coach has the goal of taking people from struggle to prosperity.

Key Timestamps

[1:33] – How to take back control by using perception;

[5:32] – Examples on how different environments result in different body reactions; 

[7:18] – Understanding the concept of placebo effects and beliefs;

[13:21] – Changing our genes by changing the environment

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari is joined by Jason Hamera who talks about the power of the brain and the mind in our lives and behaviour patterns. Behaviour patterns are really complex,  dynamic concepts and they are usually shaped based on our environment. The most limiting behaviour, according to Jason, is uncertainty because it allows for other feelings to come to surface like fear and apprehension.

“Before anything can happen we really have to respect and appreciate the natural world that we’re living in, and begin to take all these observational inputs.” – Jason Hamera

Self-dialogue is another big component of the way we shape our behaviours. The way we talk to ourselves and the words we use to describe things, situations and experiences are all parts that influence our lives. Words create worlds and, similar to money that carries value, words carry meaning. That’s why it is essential for us to analyze carefully and really pay attention to the vocabulary we normally use throughout the day. Diverse words really bring a more in depth perspective and these verbal experiences help us intensify or minimize emotions.

“If an opportunity comes in front of us we have to be primed and prepared to act upon that opportunity in an interest that is very specific to our goals and to where we want to go.” – Jason Hamera

Jason also explains the difference between brain and mind. According to him, what the brain usually does and how it functions is responsible for what the mind creates. The concept of mind and its correlation with neurons in the brain can be seen as the concept of traffic and its correlation with cars. Traffic can only exist where there are cars, in the same way that the mind can only be real via the existence of neurons. In addition, Jason talks about the notion of Future Self Continuity – we build our future more effectively if we visualize it, rather than contemplating experiences and trying to take lessons from the past.

About Jason Hamera

Jason is an international fitness educator pursuing his master’s degree in educational psychology. Having started his career building several training programs, creating successful startups, and teaching fitness workshops internationally in over 15 countries, Jason is now focused on creating his life's work – a human development company called Stronger in All Planes, with his wife and best friend Marissa. From helping people transform their bodies, he now has his sights set on helping people change their brains and behaviours to achieve a higher standard of living mentally, as well as physically, in all areas of their lives.

Key Timestamps

[4:42] – Jason highlights the #1 self limiting behaviour of entrepreneurs;

[16:28] – How can we use self dialogue (and word choosing) to impact our lives?

[25:27] – How emotions are attached to words;

[32:39] – Removing emotions from past experiences;

[42:28] – The difference between brain and mind;

[52:08] – Future Self Continuity: create your future by disconnecting from the past;

[56:51] – Jason’s final message about the simplicity of life;

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari has a really profound conversation with Ken Page about everything related to love, relationships, intimacy, and the process of building a love relation with another person. The types of people you are attracted to have a huge effect on your emotional state, sometimes some of these attractions can be for pain (attractions of deprivation) instead of for love (attractions of inspiration).

“Sexual attraction is more plastic than we realize. We cannot force sexual attraction. So if you’re dating someone who’s a really nice person but there’s no attraction at all, you are not obligated to be with them just because they’re a nice person.” – Ken Page

Attractions of inspiration are the ones we feel for whom we know are decent, kind and, can lead us to a future of partnership and companionship. Attractions of deprivation, on the other hand, are the ones hard to deal with (although they’re usually very exciting). These are similar to true addictions. Both can be a reflection of your childhood patterns and the way you started to handle relationships (parents, relatives, friends, and siblings).

“The majority of dating advice we get actually leads us away from the possibility of real love.” – Ken Page

Ken also shares the concept of the wave, which he explains as being a certain moment during a love relationship when one of the two loses interest, is hit by a wave of disinterest, anxiety, and apathy or simply needs more time to understand all the feelings. According to Ken, there are two ways of navigating through the wave: a) don’t force yourself into the relationship by allowing some room to breathe and feeling the connection first, b) focusing on what you like about your partner and letting yourself be taken by that.

About Ken Page

Ken Page, LCSW, is a renowned psychotherapist, host of The Deeper Dating Podcast, and co-founder of the DeeperDating.com, a new way for single people to meet online in a way that’s warm, respectful, fun and inspiring. He’s also the author of the bestselling book “Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy”. Having been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, and The Advocate, Ken is passionate about helping people understand the search for love as one of the greatest spiritual adventures in life, as well as, celebrating the inclusion of the LGBTQ community into the banquet of wiser relationship advice.

Key Timestamps

[4:07] – Ken talks about the writing process for his book “Deeper Dating”;

[8:12] – What should you do if you’re single and looking for a relationship?

[10:45] – The difference between attractions of deprivation x attractions of inspiration;

[20:22] – Why attractions of inspiration don’t work sometimes;

[24:52] – How to navigate through relations if you find yourself insecure or uninterested (navigate the wave);

[32:57] – Does the wave ever stop coming?

[38:20] – How to change the type of persona you’re attracted to;

[42:51] – Pushing past a sexual block with a person;

[47:51] – Exercise: Inner Mentor Process;

[55:09] – Ken’s final golden tip if you’re looking for love;

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Hidden Potential Podcast! In this episode, your host Sarah Saffari has an interesting conversation with Dr. Lara Pence about the possibility of changing our current patterns of actions and thoughts to turn them into something that serves us. Dr. Lara explains that it is possible to become a different person by simply being aware of our current behaviors, understanding them, and unlocking the mechanisms that make them happen.

“There are certain templates that can be created for individuals at an early age […]. And these templates can really be like guide maps for how an individual works, how they think, how they feel, and how they behave.” – Dr. Lara Pence

In this episode, you will learn more in depth the steps to catalyze this change: be willing to get curious – unpack yourself and your feelings because you may not know all the answers about yourself; understand your values – be aligned with what you believe to be the most important things in life; explore – look at the reasons why you think you are not making the change you know you need to do. Why is your current behavior good for you? What are the benefits of being stuck and not changing?

“When we are curious about ourselves we step into a process of vulnerability because not only do we not know the answer, but we’re taking a risk and exposing ourselves to something that we might not like about ourselves.” – Dr. Lara Pence

Dr. Lara also explains some really important insights about values in life. One of the reasons why you might be feeling unhappy, trapped, and having all kinds of difficulties is because you might be misaligned with your values. Spirituality, safety, family, friendship, freedom, faith, success: these are all examples of principles we might consider as super important. If we are not applying them to our routines, we might feel disconnected and out of balance.

About Dr. Lara Pence

Dr. Lara Pence is a licensed clinical psychologist and owner/founder of LIGHFBOX. Having worked with individuals, families, and couples over the last fifteen years, Dr. Lara was able to recognize that when we feel the need to be curious, we feel the need to change. By following this approach, she has built her practice to help other people be more than what they think is possible.

Key Timestamps

[2:42] – How Dr. Lara developed her skills as a business owner.

[4:24] – Understanding our childhood patterns and how they affect us in adulthood.

[22:21] – Simple steps to catalyze your behavior change.

[30:10] – Spirituality and faith as important values. 

[35:44] – Physical sensations can be a sign that you are misaligned with your values.

[40:13] – Secondary gain: what are you getting from staying stuck in life?

[50:00] – Dr. Lara explains that we are all hyper connected into something.

[55:31] – Why it’s important to know about therapy and psychology.

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Join Sarah Saffari and Louisa Nicola on the very first episode of the Hidden Potential podcast! Sarah and Louisa have a really interesting conversation about neuroscience and its impact on our daily tasks, everyday performance and overall well being. For anyone aspiring to be a better professional and expand your business, you will learn practical habits and tasks that will help immensely with your work. In addition, concepts like quality of sleep, nutrition, movement, and exercising, are all examples of things you can implement in your day in order to improve your mental health.

“We’ve all got depression inside of us and if we don’t do certain things on a daily basis, we’re going to activate that depression.” – Louisa Nicola

Louisa gives us an overview about visualization as well as how to actually engage our senses, feelings and intentions in order to trick our brain and visualize immediate success. She dives into the difference between visualization (make believe), meditation (relaxation) and the whole functionality of the motivation molecule known as dopamine. According to Louisa, dopamine is essential in our body and is, in fact, released before exercise as well as during exercise.

About Louisa Nicola

Louisa Nicola is a clinical neuroscientist with a background in sports physiology and mathematics. Training as a tri athlete enabled her to grow and peak as an elite athlete herself and understand the neural mechanisms underlying peak athletic performance. Louisa also has a top #100 Podcast dedicated to neuroscience, neurology and longevity.

Key Timestamps

[2:15] – Louisa gives us an overview about the power of our mind and brain.

[4:24] – How does neuroplasticity work?

[12:21] – Difference of visualization and meditation.

[14:33] – How to change your brain through movement. 

[19:09] – The importance of dopamine and its effect on injuries and mental health.

[36:08] – The power of daily habits to restrain depressing feelings.

[40:25] – Louisa’s personal opinion on the nervous system, the brain, and its importance.

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