Intro to Expansion

In this penultimate episode of our journey, I describe what is required of us once we return home to ourselves. I review what this journey together has been like for me and how the smallest act of starting scared has changed my life.

I also highlight what I believe this means for you and me especially now given the state of the world. Your heart knows the way back to yourself. You need only take the first step and trust yourself as much as you can right now.

In this episode, I also describe the meaning of the image that is the cover for the Epilogue and Audio Journal (linked below).

After this episode is the Audio Commentary for the Epilogue and then we’ll be finished with our ascent.

Thank you so much for going on this journey with me. I hope it has inspired something in you and that you will take small joyful steps toward things you love as a result.

With all my love,

Mel 🤟🏿

Audio Journal - Epilogue: Home (Spotify)

Audio Journal - Epilogue: Home (Apple Music)

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In this episode, we cover the ways either-or thinking has robbed us of a full experience, how everything can be used to help us expand, and what an integrated state of being can offer us.

We cover all this through the lens of our individual roles in an uncertain future. May this episode and this journey we’ve been on together inspire you to live. Fully. Deeply. Irrevocably.

It’s time to expand into all you are.

Give this episode a listen.

Melvyn ♾️

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In this behind-the-scenes, Making Of episode, I detail the winding, unsuspecting journey that led to the creation of MelvynRustin.com, my digital wellspring.

I discuss the eleventh-hour challenges that almost stopped me and how the tool it’s built on, Notion, helped me understand myself. This episode is a beautifully reflective tale that I’m sure will inspire you to consider how you’re being invited onto your own journey of becoming.

Give this one a listen!

Melvyn 🫶🏿

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MelvynRustin.com is live now!

In this short episode, I talk a little about the digital wellspring, I’m calling it, what it means to me, and how it will benefit you.

This website and moment represents a turning point toward a greater ability for me to create, curate, and offer so much of what I discover and build and I’m so incredibly glad to have you here.

Give this episode a listen and visit MelvynRustin.com now!

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Happy Friday!

Today I am welcoming you all to my personal Notion workspace, our digital wellspring, to support our elevation and expansion.

Give this episode a listen to learn what Notion is if you’re unaware, a brief description of the journey here, and to get prepared for the release today (Friday, June 14th) of our digital wellspring.

Keep an eye out around 12:30 PM!

Melvyn 🫶🏿

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Happy Thursday!

We’ve got a big day tomorrow! I feel like everything I’ve written and worked on up to this point has been leading up to this moment. Tomorrow’s release thrills me in a way few of the posts have.

I hope you love it, or at least enjoy it, as much as I do. Given all I’ve talked about and how we have proceeded, I'm almost certain that you will understand its importance as we wrap up and move forward.

You’ll have to share with a friend. But check out this episode discussing that as well as additional notions I’ve had.

If you head over to the Substack post, you can watch the video this episode’s audio is pulled from and you’ll be able to put my voice to my face!

Melvyn 🫶🏿

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In this episode, I provide brief reflections on the journey we’ve been on, some behind-the-scenes moments, and what happens after we have completed this stretch of our journey together.

I speak a bit more about the importance of the June 14 release for our next steps together and I share a brief video of clips and moments chronicling the journey of creating “The Ascent” (linked inside the post).

Give this episode a listen!

Melvyn Rustin

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In this episode, we discuss the importance of naming yourself amid all the names you’ve collected over the course of your lifetime. In this episode we are encouraged to consider what we’d like to experience and name it for ourselves, adopting a new, more powerful sense of self.

After the journey we’ve been on and the wisdom and insights we’ve collected, it feels appropriate to take the time to name ourselves in light of our dreams.

Grab your pen and give this episode a listen.

Melvyn ✍🏿

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In this episode, I share my perspective and some tips for navigating multi-passionateness based on my observations of multi-hyphenates and their habits.

I share how much of a gift you, a multi-hyphenate, are to the collective and the association between the multi-talented and the electric slide.

If you’ve struggled with your pattern of starting and stopping things and being broadly interested, this episode is for you and I mean it from the bottom of my heart.

Melvyn 🖼️

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