I Awaken

What if being present isn’t about learning something new, but noticing what’s already happening inside you? On I Awaken, host Swati and former TV news anchor Leslie Draffin explore what it really means to wake up from autopilot.

Leslie shares how a successful career hid years of anxiety and burnout, why awakening is a spiral rather than a straight climb, and how body-based practices, glimmers and the senses can bring you gently back to now.

About the Guest:

Leslie Draffin spent about 15 years as a television news anchor in the US. Based in Texas, she is now a trauma-informed somatic practitioner who helps high-achieving women reconnect with their bodies and feel more present.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening isn’t a straight climb; the ups and downs are part of it.
• Spotting a pattern is step one; changing it takes repetition.
• Doom scrolling and a flat “blah” feeling can be signs of autopilot.
• Play and creativity can restore you more than zoning out.
• Collect glimmers: small moments of wonder that prove progress.
• Presence isn’t constant calm; it’s openness to every feeling.

Connect With Leslie Draffin:

Website: https://www.lesliedraffin.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesliedraffin/

TikTok: @lesliedraffin

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRakA_HiNPoVYEB_MYDEs3Q

Podcast, The Light Within: https://www.lesliedraffin.com/podcast-the-light-within

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] Welcome to I Awaken: the quiet moment before the phone

[01:30] Meet Leslie Draffin: a news anchor’s outer success and inner disconnection

[05:00] Awakening Is a Spiral: why the down days are part of the path

[08:00] Seeing Patterns vs Changing Them: repetition, intention and attention

[11:00] Signs of Autopilot: doom scrolling, comfort shows and the flat blah

[15:00] You Can’t Do Presence Wrong: dropping shame and finding your kind of rest

[18:00] Glimmers and the Five Senses: evidence that it is working

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What if awakening is not a mountain top, but something waiting inside an ordinary day? On I Awaken, host Niharika welcomes back Tom Meyers to explore awakening as discovering the potential you were born with.

Tom shares why running from life never worked for him, and how a sense of direction changed everything, slowly, over 26 years.

About the Guest:

Tom Meyers is the author of Futurize Yourself and runs a clinic where he works with patients. Originally from Belgium, he lived in England and worked on cruise ships before his own turning point at 29.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening can mean uncovering your potential and bringing it into daily life.
• You cannot escape yourself. What you carry travels with you.
• Let personality serve individuality: who you became in service of who you were born to be.
• Inner restlessness is an invitation to ask whose dream you are living.
• You do not have to change everything in a day. Choose a direction and grow into it.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://futurizeyourself.com

Website: https://tommeyers.be

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meyerstom/

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] The Quiet Pause: opening reflection on awakening as a deeper way of living

[01:30] Rethinking Awakening: from mountain tops to your own potential

[04:00] You Cannot Escape Yourself: Belgium, England, cruise ships and the same inner weight

[06:00] Personality and Individuality: who you became and who you were born to be

[10:30] The Restlessness Around 29: Tom’s view of an inner calling

[14:00] What Holds Us Back: fear, family, status and why it need not happen in one day

[20:00] Finding Your Place: fulfilment, gratitude and growing through resistance

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What if awakening is not one bright moment, but a slow return to yourself? If you have been getting through your days without really being in them, this conversation is for you.

On I Awaken, host Niharika talks with Cheyenne Heflin about life after cancer treatment, the difference between surviving and living, and why asking for help is strength. Expect small, honest practices for coming back to the present.

About the Guest:

Cheyenne Heflin went through cancer treatment when she was younger and adjusted to life with a disability. She shares her story so others feel less alone, and is completing a master’s in counselling to become a mental health counsellor.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening is not having every answer. It is trusting you can meet what comes.
• Asking for help is strength, not weakness.
• Survival is not living. Old ways of coping can keep you from being present.
• Return to something you once loved for five minutes a day.
• Journal without rules. Simply notice your day and how it felt.

Connect With the Guest:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resilient_aka
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@resilient_aka

Episode Chapters:

• [00:00] Waking From Autopilot (approx.) - Awakening as a gradual opening
• [01:30] What Awakening Really Means (approx.) - Confidence that you will get there, not certainty
• [03:00] Sharing the Story (approx.) - Cancer treatment, disability, and training as a counsellor
• [06:00] The Myth of Doing It Alone (approx.) - Hyper-independence and the strength of asking for help
• [09:00] Survival Is Not Living (approx.) - When the walls that protected us start to hold us in
• [11:30] Five Minutes Back to Yourself (approx.) - Hobbies, stillness, and listening to the body
• [16:00] Journaling Without Rules (approx.) - A simple practice for staying close to your inner truth

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In this episode of I Awaken, host Sreemedha welcomes Bill Flynn, entrepreneur, business growth advisor, author and veteran of ten startups, for an insightful conversation about leadership clarity, decision-making, business growth and the hidden challenges of scaling an organization.

Bill challenges the traditional belief that successful leaders must constantly push harder, move faster and make every important decision.

While those habits can help founders during the early stages of a startup, they can eventually become obstacles to sustainable growth.

As businesses expand, founders often become the people everyone depends on for approvals, answers and direction. What once made them effective can slowly turn them into the biggest bottleneck in their own company.

Throughout this conversation, Bill explains why effective leadership requires clarity, alignment and the ability to focus on fewer, more meaningful decisions.

He explores why leaders become overwhelmed, how to identify the root causes of recurring business problems and why work-life integration matters more than chasing an unrealistic idea of perfect balance.

The discussion also examines the human responsibility of leadership: recognizing when employees are struggling, helping people flourish and building organizations where teams feel supported and empowered.

Bill introduces his approach to strategic decision-making through organizational beacons—filters that help leaders evaluate whether their choices align with company values, long-term direction, operational priorities and customer needs.

He also explains the importance of distinguishing between reversible decisions, which can often be made quickly, and high-stakes decisions that require more careful consideration.

In this episode, discover how to stop being the person everyone depends on and start becoming the leader who helps everyone succeed.

About the Guest — Bill Flynn:

Bill Flynn is an entrepreneur, business growth advisor and author with experience across ten startups.

Through Catalyst Growth Advisors, Bill works with business leaders to improve strategic clarity, organizational alignment, decision-making and sustainable business growth.

His approach challenges the belief that effective leadership means controlling every decision or personally solving every problem.

Instead, Bill encourages leaders to establish clear priorities, develop stronger teams and focus their attention on the few decisions that have the greatest organizational impact.

During this conversation, he also discusses his book The Hero Trap, which he says was scheduled for release on October 27.

Guest website: https://catalystgrowthadvisors.com

Key Takeaways:

1. The habits that build a startup may prevent it from scaling. Founders must adapt their leadership approach as the organization grows.
2. Being indispensable can become a liability. When everyone depends on one person, progress slows.
3. Few things truly matter. Leaders should identify and prioritize the decisions that make the greatest difference.
4. Overwhelm often signals deeper problems. Rather than repeatedly treating symptoms, investigate their root causes.
5. Work and personal life are interconnected. Bill advocates work-life integration rather than viewing the two as completely separate.
6. Leadership involves responsibility for people. Supporting employees and helping them flourish is central to effective leadership.
7. Clarity and alignment matter more than universal agreement. Teams can disagree while remaining committed to a shared direction.
8. Make fewer, better decisions. Senior leaders should preserve their attention for consequential choices.
9. Use strategic filters. Decisions should support organizational purpose, values, operational priorities, customers and long-term goals.
10. Distinguish reversible from difficult-to-reverse decisions. Routine decisions often benefit from speed, while major commitments require more deliberate evaluation.
11. Empowerment reduces founder dependency. When teams have clarity and support, they can operate with greater independence.
12. Great leadership is measured by what others can achieve. The goal is to help people succeed, not to remain the center of every decision.

Chapters:

00:10 Welcome to I Awaken with Bill Flynn

00:35 Why leadership isn't about having every answer

01:07 How founders become decision-making bottlenecks

02:58 Why leaders feel stuck and overwhelmed

03:25 Focus on the few things that truly matter

04:58 How to recognize recurring leadership patterns

05:19 Finding the root causes of business problems

06:47 How work stress affects personal life

07:00 Why work-life integration matters

08:57 Navigating setbacks and disrupted routines

09:47 How leaders can support struggling employees

11:58 Leading with inner clarity

12:22 Clarity, alignment and making fewer decisions

15:44 Closing leadership reflections

15:59 Bill Flynn's book The Hero Trap

16:49 Final message from I Awaken

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What if awakening is not a lightning bolt moment but the quiet noticing of what has been true all along? On I Awaken, host Swati talks with Robin Quinn Keehn about the ordinary moments where real transformation begins.

You will learn Robin's simple filter for deciding who and what gets a place at your table, and why getting 100 percent committed to a change beats hovering at 99.

About the Guest:

Robin Quinn Keehn is a human dynamics specialist and author of Stop Stealing From Yourself. A moment of clarity on a beach reshaped how she sets boundaries and helps others close their own open loops.

Key Takeaways:

• Notice the moment you say yes automatically, and ask if it is really what you want.
• Treat relationships like a house. Not everyone needs a seat at your table.
• Growth happens through relationships, not alone. Let trusted people reflect your patterns back to you.
• Meet your own patterns with curiosity instead of judgment. Judgment keeps you stuck.
• Before you set a boundary, get fully committed. Being almost sure makes it harder.

Connect With Robin Quinn Keehn:

• Website: https://closetheloopsnow.com

Episode Chapters (approx.):

• [00:00 (approx)] Welcome to I Awaken: the moment you realize you were never really lost
• [02:00 (approx)] A Lifetime of Yes: a busy mom, a full house, an automatic habit
• [07:00 (approx)] The Moment on the Beach: a filter that changed who gets a place at her table
• [12:00 (approx)] Not Everyone Belongs in the Living Room: the house metaphor for boundaries
• [17:00 (approx)] Curiosity Over Judgment: noticing your patterns without beating yourself up
• [22:00 (approx)] Getting Quiet: why awakening often shows up in silence, not searching
• [27:00 (approx)] Committing Fully: why 99 percent sure is harder than 100

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What is it costing you to say yes when your whole body is saying no? On I Awaken, host Sreemedha talks with author Bradley Gabbert about the quiet toll of a lifetime spent pleasing everyone but himself.

You will learn how a simple breathing practice cracked open decades of suppressed grief, and how noticing one small pattern can be the start of living from true awareness.

About the Guest:

Bradley Gabbert is the author of The Agreeable Child, a memoir about a lifetime of people-pleasing and the journey back to his own voice through breathwork, yoga, and meditation.

Key Takeaways:

• Notice the moment you say yes while your body is already saying no.
• People-pleasing often means putting strangers' needs above the people who matter most to you.
• A breathing practice like the four seven eight count can release feelings held for years.
• Loneliness and low mood can be signs that you have been making yourself smaller for others.
• Real change starts with one honest pause before the automatic yes, not a dramatic overhaul.

Connect With Bradley Gabbert:

• Website: https://bradleylgabbert.com
• Book Website: https://theagreeablechild.com
• Book: The Agreeable Child: A Yogic Journey from Tragedy to Triumph (Amazon)

Episode Chapters (approx.):

• [00:00 (approx)] Welcome to I Awaken: the small betrayal hidden inside every automatic yes
• [02:00 (approx)] A Lifetime of Yes: noticing a pattern that outlasted two decades
• [07:00 (approx)] The Pedestal Problem: putting strangers above the people who matter most
• [12:00 (approx)] Not Cold, Just Honest: why saying no is not the same as being selfish
• [16:00 (approx)] The Breath That Broke Him Open: a therapy session and the 478 practice
• [21:00 (approx)] Finding Himself in Yoga and Journaling: from one class a week to a daily practice
• [26:00 (approx)] One Honest Pause: how small awareness becomes real transformation

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What if clarity comes not from more answers but from getting quiet enough to listen? On I Awaken, host Swati and counselor Frank Healy, who remembers every day of his life since age six, explore finding clarity through inner stillness.

You will hear how to feel painful emotions without being ruled by them, and why change begins with you.

About the Guest:

Frank Healy is a licensed professional counselor in the USA and author of more than 20 books, including the Heal Your Memories trilogy and Burnout Proof. He has hyperthymesia, the rare ability to recall each day of his life.

Key Takeaways:

• Moments of clarity can be quiet. When one arrives, let it happen.
• Feeling numb can mean you are avoiding a feeling. Let yourself feel it.
• Painful emotions are meant to pass. Feel them, then let them go.
• In a calm state, try alternating a hard memory with a happy one.
• You cannot control what pops into your head, only how long you dwell on it.
• Thoughts shape feelings, and feelings shape actions. Change is up to you.

Connect With Frank Healy:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-healy-1aa95227/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.healy.7
• X: https://twitter.com/Frank_Healy

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] Welcome to I Awaken: the pause between the noise

[01:30] Meet Frank: a counselor who remembers every day since age six

[06:00] Quiet Awakenings: the night competition gave way to compassion

[10:00] Numbness and Denial: what sits beneath feeling disconnected

[13:00] A Memory Exercise: alternating a hard memory with a happy one

[18:00] Back Into the Noise: choosing how long a thought stays

[20:30] The Thought Train: thought factory, emotion junction, action city

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Have you ever felt the person you were no longer fits the person you are becoming? On I Awaken, host Niharika and Liz Coleman explore self-discovery through life transitions and why the confusion of change may be the path itself.

You will learn how to tell your inner voice from old conditioning, reset your nervous system in tense moments, and meet setbacks with grace instead of blame.

About the Guest:

Liz Coleman joins I Awaken to share the everyday practices that carry her through change, from deep breathing and nervous system resets to gentler self-talk and daily gratitude.

Key Takeaways:

• Transformation begins with allowing, not controlling.
• A new job or city rarely helps if nothing changes within. Wherever you go, there you are.
• Question old beliefs: where did I learn this, and is it true for me today?
• When something feels off, step away, breathe, then choose your response.
• Swap "I have to" for "I get to" and notice the pressure lift.
• Growth shows up as bouncing back faster, not never falling back.

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] Welcome to I Awaken: the quiet moment you realise you are changing

[02:00] Letting Go of Control: why transformation is not about fixing what is broken

[05:30] Wherever You Go, There You Are: real change starts within

[08:30] Inner Voice or Conditioning?: questioning the beliefs you inherited

[12:00] Awakening in Everyday Life: breathing through tense moments and living your identity

[16:30] From "I Have To" to "I Get To": the self-talk shift that lightens the load

[21:00] Gratitude, Setbacks and Grace: saying thank you when life surprises you

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What if the pull toward a more authentic life doesn't mean blowing everything up? On this episode of I Awaken, somatic therapist Angel Howard explores why so many of us live someone else's script, and why the answers we seek live within.

From childhood cues to the quiet gap between success and purpose, Angel shares how travel widens our view and how the body tells us when we are out of alignment.

About the Guest:

Angel Howard is a somatic therapist, avid traveler, and lifelong spiritual seeker. She leads international retreats and a Patreon community for people moving toward the life meant for them.

Key Takeaways:

• Feeling off track rarely calls for blowing up your life. The truest answers are found within.
• Childhood cues write the script we follow until we check in with our own inner barometer.
• Success and purpose can sit in separate boats. A full life can feel empty.
• Your body doesn't lie: a pit in the stomach or bracing are clues, and so are joy and ease.
• Close your eyes, breathe, ask "How does this feel?" and don't let the "yeah, buts" win.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://angelhoward.co

Instagram: https://instagram.com/angelhowardofficial

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-angel/

Episode Chapters:

00:00:10 Welcome to I Awaken

00:01:10 Why blowing up your life isn't the answer

00:02:57 How we end up living someone else's script

00:05:26 Success, purpose, travel, and the Art of Living

00:10:04 Your body doesn't lie: signs of misalignment and alignment

00:14:15 Where to connect with Angel

00:15:21 Closing reflection: awakening as a practice

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Do your weeks blur into one long Monday-to-Friday loop? This episode of I Awaken is for anyone who feels like life is happening on autopilot and wonders how to feel awake in it again.

Todd Krause explains why awakening is rarely one big aha moment, how routine quietly switches us off once adulthood begins, and how small new experiences, layered week by week, can break old patterns.

About the Guest:

Todd Krause is the founder of Silversun Consulting. Based in the United States, he works directly with people who want to break old routines and get things moving.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening is rarely one big moment. It's something you practice.
• Routine gets as comfortable as an old pair of shoes, which is why we stop noticing it.
• New places, people, and sensations give your mind something fresh to work with.
• Start small: a new route to work, a new restaurant, an evening outside instead of a screen.
• Try one new experience each week lasting an hour or more. If it doesn't land, try a different angle.

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Website: https://silversunconsulting.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddakrause/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddakrause/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SilversunConsulting

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] Living on Autopilot - an opening on moving through days without being present

[02:00] The Aha Myth - why awakening rarely arrives as one big moment

[03:30] After 18 - how adult routines quietly switch us off

[06:30] Feeding the Mind - new places, people, and experiences

[08:30] Breaking the Cycle - changing habits one small experience at a time

[12:00] One New Thing a Week - fresh routes, new spaces, and different scenes

[15:00] When It Doesn't Land - trying new angles and staying curious

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