Kyle DeGennaro created The LOVED movement in 2018 after his own life events inspired him to practice more self-care and to treat himself with more compassion. This blossomed into a global movement that allowed him to inspire thousands of people who were going through something similar. The movement opened so many doors for him. He now guides meditations at a local yoga studio and work at a premiere recovery center as their wellness coordinator. His life has been transformed thru self-love and connection. 

Colleen and Kyle met at a day long meditation retreat in Madison, CT. It was called “The Key to Happiness”.  Kyle has been meditating since 2015, starting with 10 minutes a day, it has grown to about two hours a day. Kyle was charismatic, believed in external validation, and put himself on this pedestal. Growing up Kyle grew up in a good home, and away from struggling. He says it skewed view of what reality was. He figured out all the self-care and compassion on his own. He took on a self-care journey that changed his life for the better. 

In this episode: 

• Used the app headspace to start meditation 
• Decided he need to change because he hurt someone
• How the tools (meditation, journaling, etc.) is so freeing 
• If you don’t do the tools it’ll get it’s grip on you and you’ll lose control, snap, inflict self-harm (ignoring your emotions is self-harm) 
• Relationships and seeing the harm that he was causing himself and the other person
• Stopping the cycle- the external cycle, always have a part in the cycle – takes two people 
• Being exposed for who he was on the inside – knew it was time to change
• “Spiritual Jumpers” – affirmation, mantras, gratitude’s are tools- but not getting to the core and fixing the problem 
• Have to go deeper on the inside and getting out of your comfort zone 
• Growing up comfortable and in a good home – still having bad days, and being judgmental and critical, making up stories in his head about himself and others around him
• The Four Agreements – be impeccable with your word, always do your best, don’t make assumptions, and don’t take things personally 
• Took about 6 months to change for the better with his new skill set 
• Bring some awareness about the past to see what you need to work on
• How the external can suck a lot out of you and how much weight you put in the external in your happiness
• How Kyle let his external infiltrate his happiness – we can let ourselves get caught up in the external – throwing in the towel 
• Noticing his mood, triggers – his own mind can get real nasty, he is the own cause of his suffering 
• Kyles thoughts on how to handle conflict 
• Love and compassion starts within you first – you can see it with others 
• Colleen asked Kyle about what he thinks about society – his answer was truly GOLD 
• The 10-day retreat he went to! 
• You can plan for the future – but don’t wish for the future or worry about the future BEING PRESENT 
• The LOVED Movement – how it started and his vision for it

Resources:

Instagram: itskyledeg
https://www.thelovedshop.com

 https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index- 10-day meditation retreat