Content Note: This episode includes a brief first-person account of physical and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

This episode is about Radical Acceptance and Radical — and I mean radical — Self Love. Acceptance of uncharacteristic looks. Acceptance of our race. Acceptance of real physical pain. Acceptance of aging. But ultimately, it is about accepting the shadow all the way through — every part and every way it can show up, from childhood through the crone. Radical Acceptance without flinching. Mandy Ingber has lived her entire life finding treasures in the trash. She has lived this work like no one I have met yet. “When you push away the shadow, you get rid of your own power.” So she has done the opposite. Nothing gets cut out, nothing gets pushed down or away — everything is there to be experienced in this life. To have transformation, you have to have the difficulty — it doesn’t feel good, and that’s why we don’t want to be in it. But that’s the doorway. Like the yoga she’s taught to celebs like Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson, we dig deep to make it through the pose to find the true gold in the challenges of life.

Key Takeaways:

• Pouring yourself into what’s labeled a “negative.” Because of Mandy’s looks, she was cast early as a villain—asked to embody exaggerated shadow parts by playing those roles.
• Being cast as your shadow. Moving toward the scary parts of yourself in a conscious, safe way. For Mandy, this meant facing deep fear connected to her father by eventually becoming that fear herself when cast as a villain.
• Our relationship to appearance. Being “cast” by the world based on how we look can be debilitating—or it can become a portal into radical acceptance, especially when our appearance is intertwined with race.
• Nose jobs and fixing the outside. Changing our exterior doesn’t resolve the complexity of what we feel inside or how we accept ourselves. The old self doesn’t disappear—it waits in the shadow to be transformed into treasure.
• Our looks as a proxy for conditioning we don’t talk about nearly enough.
• Insecurity as a doorway. How feeling insecure can open us to experiencing life more fully and honestly as human beings—without fear.
• Going through physical pain to find freedom. We find joy, resilience and more when we can lean into the entirety of our experience.
• Jiminy Cricket and wishing upon a star as consciousness and focused attention

If you’re ready to start reclaiming the parts of yourself you’ve pushed aside, head to https://bravedirections.myflodesk.com/5daystotruth to sign up for ”Five Days to Truth”—a free guided meditation series to help you begin that process with clarity and care. It’s a powerful companion to this work, and Cari’s gift to you.

About the Guest:

Mandy Ingber is a Los Angeles based New York Times best selling author, wellness expert, and astrologer who has spent more than 30 years guiding clients to understand their life’s purpose through their birth charts and embodiment practices. She is the creator of the YOGALOSOPHY method and the author of Yogalosophy: 28 Days to the Ultimate Mind Body Makeover and Yogalosophy for Inner Strength: 12 Weeks to Heal Your Heart and Embrace Joy. Her work has earned awards from Los Angeles Magazine and LA Weekly, and she has been featured in major publications including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, People, and The Oprah Magazine, with television appearances on Good Morning America and the TODAY show. Her private client list has included Jennifer Aniston, Kate Beckinsale, Helen Hunt, and Brooke Shields.

In addition to her wellness work, Mandy is deeply committed to supporting people through life’s transitions. She is a certified Death Doula who guides individuals and families through advance medical directives, living trusts, and final wishes, and she serves as a minister for both end of life celebrations and weddings. She is also a sought after speaker and spokesperson for wellness brands, serves on the advisory committee for the Cancer Prevention Clinic at Providence Saint John’s Health Center, and brings a unique creative background from her earlier career on Broadway, television, and film.

https://mandyingber.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mandyingber

About Cari:

Cari Jacobs-Crovetto is an executive and leadership coach and the founder of Brave Directions, where she works with senior leaders and C-suite executives to strengthen interpersonal and team relationships, navigate conflict skillfully, and deepen self-awareness, influence, and confidence.

Before becoming a coach, Cari spent three decades in marketing and product leadership roles across Fortune 100 companies, media networks, consulting firms, and venture-backed startups. In 2019, she was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 Chief Marketing Officers.

Cari brings together decades of operating experience with more than 45 years of Buddhist meditation study and practice, integrating deep inner work with practical leadership development.

She facilitates the renowned Interpersonal Dynamics (“Touchy Feely”) course at Stanford Graduate School of Business where she also coaches grad school students, leads meditation classes and leadership workshops, and hosts the podcast Finding Treasures in the Trash.

Her mantra: Fierce Heart — where compassion meets bold, badass leadership.

https://www.bravedirections.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carisf/

https://www.instagram.com/cari_bravedirections/

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Something is happening in our lives, and we can all feel it. Voices can be cloned. Stories can be automated. Images can be generated. And most of us are moving through it without fully stopping to ask what that does to our humanity..

In this first part of a two-part conversation, Amy sits down with returning guest Bill Kirst to explore what it means to live in a world where we are beginning to question what is real. Bill reads from his Substack piece, The Buying of Our Breath, and the conversation goes straight to the human cost.

What happens when you discover the voice that moved you didn’t belong to a human body? When narration exists without presence? When we start editing out the very things that prove we are alive — the pause, the breath, the crack in the voice, our human “imperfections”?

The things we once tried to erase may be our last undeniable proof of life.

Take a listen. Hear the plea. Then decide for yourself — how far will we let the buying of our breath go?

Threads We Pulled On:

1. Rest Versus Restlessness – Explore why productivity tools promise freedom yet leave us feeling more unsettled and emotionally depleted.
2. The Commodification of Voice – Understand what it means when Olympic narration, news reporting, and podcasting can be replicated without the human present.
3. Proof of Life in Imperfection – See how coughs, pauses, filler words, and breath may become the rarest markers of authenticity.
4. The Grief of Artificial Reality – Recognize the subtle but profound emotional toll of discovering something you believed was real was AI-generated.
5. Discernment as a Leadership Skill – Consider why the future may demand deeper emotional intelligence and conscious filtering rather than faster consumption.
6. Rebellion Against the Autofill – Exercising discernment and agency in a culture engineered for automation.

You can listen to Bill’s episode - AI & The Poetry of Our Existence with Bill Kirst here - https://create-magic-at-work-r.captivate.fm/episode/ai-the-poetry-of-our-existence-with-bill-kirst/

About the Guest:

Bill Kirst is an author, technology leader, podcast host, military veteran, mentor, educator and mindfulness practitioner. He has been writing stories, poems and lyrics for as long as he can remember. He hails from a long line of storytellers and educators who are deeply inspired, moved and healed by the power of the written word. Mixing in melody, chords and a chorus generate a powerful response toward healing. This is why he sees the world through a songwriter's eyes, and why his first published work was a collection of poetry. And his second book is focuses on how we hold on to our humanity in this era of AI.

In addition to writing, he hosts The Coffee & Change Podcast which went into its tenth season this year. Bill helps people thrive and break through common obstacles that seem to be holding them back so they can reach their true potential. His career as a change leader has been rewarding, impactful and inspirational, reminding him of the importance of this work, all while understanding the human condition.

Follow Bill on Substack - https://open.substack.com/pub/everward/p/the-buying-of-our-breath?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

linkedin.com/in/billkirst

instagram.com/coffee.and.change

instagram.com/journeyeverward

About Amy:

Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work.

She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving workplaces and lives where “magic” becomes reality.

Connect with Amy:

https://createmagicatwork.net/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-magic-at-work

https://www.facebook.com/112951637095427

https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatwork

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEm4h3fUgaq8qgvZpz6dGg

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“Ferocious Compassion requires that I find the courage to speak my truth, to find the courage to be disliked, to find the courage to turn and face confrontation.  Ferocious Compassion guides me to choose authenticity over approval. It allows me the freedom to assert myself, to be vulnerable, to express, not suppress my true emotions and intentions.”    - Author, Sandra Bargman

Today we are #LiveInTheHive with award-winning author, book mentor, editor, leadership coach, and my friend, Cynthia Gregory. The above quote is from, FEROCIOUS COMPASSION, my chapter in the newly released and much anticipated book, LOVE NOTES from the Soul 2.0: Stories of Compassion and Healing, curated and edited by Cynthia. We had Cynthia on as a guest last October to celebrate the release of Love Notes 2.0 (Ep 42) and we’re thrilled to welcome her back to dig in a bit deeper. Cynthia’s motto is: “Allow your story to take up space in the world.” And I’m thrilled that my thought concept, Ferocious Compassion, is taking up space in the world!

The power of storytelling and the power of finding and sharing your VOICE in the world is at the heart of every aspect of Cynthias work. Sound familiar? No surprise that from the moment I met her, I was completely drawn to Cynthia and her soulful and creative work. Which is why I gave her a resounding YES when she asked me to become a contributing author to LOVE NOTES 2.0. There is a total of 27 stories in this book, an exquisitely curated and edited collection by Cynthia, each one a LOVE NOTE. 

And what could be better than sharing and celebrating love notes today, as we start Valentines Day weekend?

We touch on…

• The power of sharing your VOICE and reconnecting to the courage of storytelling.
• Is Ferocious Compassion controversial? Is political? The politicization of human rights.
• The genesis of the phrase, “ferocious compassion.”
• The radical act of telling your truth. Truth-telling = More stories.
• People-pleasing is a trauma response.
• In these challenging times, stories become MORE important in our lives.
• The conflicting stories of the USA – we have 2 distinctly different narratives of “who” is an American.
• The inspiration for the creation of the Love Notes Anthologies. Following your creative instincts and trusting the process!
• Work on Love Notes 3.0 has begun

RISE + WRITE, A SOULFUL SUMMER WRITERS RETREAT | HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK

Led by Cynthia Gregory and Sandra Bargman | Create, mine, write, speak, and craft your story.

Friday, July 31 - Sunday, August 2 | For more details and registration: www.coachcynthiagregory.com

Love Notes 2.0 Book Signing Event | The Olive Free Library in West Shokan, New York

Thursday, July 30th @ 5:30 pm

Join Editor Cynthia Gregory and Contributing Authors Sandra Bargman + Sarah Olivieri for readings, discussion and Q&A.   https://www.olivefreelibrary.org/

Cynthia Gregory is an award-winning writer and author of Journaling as Sacred Practice: an Act Of Extreme Bravery, What Is Possible From Here, and the LOVE NOTES Anthologies. She was also editor of the California Writers Club, Redwood Writers’ Annual Anthology: ON FIRE (2023).

Full bio, resources, coaching and events:

www,CoachCynthiaGregory.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorycynthia/

Connect with your host Sandra Bargman:

• Website
• YouTube
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Growth often begins the moment we admit the current container can no longer hold what wants to emerge. Amy shares the behind-the-scenes evolution of Create Magic at Work and the birth of Magic Thread Media, a podcast network created to give expansive voices the space they deserve. Rooted in spiritual intelligence, creative courage, and deep listening, the reflection honors what has been built while allowing form to change, making room for new rhythms, new shows, and a broader constellation of conversations. What remains constant is a commitment to conscious work, soulful inquiry, and following the discernment that says it is time.

About Amy:

Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work.

She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving workplaces and lives where “magic” becomes reality.

Connect with Amy:

https://createmagicatwork.net/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-magic-at-work

https://www.facebook.com/112951637095427

https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatwork

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEm4h3fUgaq8qgvZpz6dGg

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Aaron invites listeners into a quiet inner space where uncertainty is no longer something to overcome, but something to notice and meet with care. Through personal reflection and thoughtful inquiry, the episode explores how uncertainty shapes our sense of self, revealing the ways we cling to certainty for safety and how that grip can quietly limit us. Rather than offering guidance or resolution, the reflection lingers with questions of identity, creativity, and courage, suggesting that uncertainty may be the very condition that allows us to choose who we are becoming. This is an invitation to pause at the edge of what cannot be known, to soften our resistance, and to consider how we show up when the future offers no guarantees.

Key Takeaways:

• An exploration of uncertainty as a constant condition of human life rather than an interruption.
• A personal story of standing at a life crossroads and the paralysis that certainty-seeking can create.
• The idea that creativity depends on uncertainty and cannot exist without it.
• A reframing of courage as curiosity applied in moments of resistance.
• An invitation to define identity not by outcomes, but by character and presence in uncertain times.

About Aaron:

Aaron Tabacco, PhD, has spent more than thirty years guiding people through growth and change, often in complex and high-stakes environments. He currently serves as the Director of Staff Experience at a major academic health sciences university. With a background spanning nursing, neuroscience, education, coaching, and mediation, his work centers on helping individuals and organizations navigate identity, connection, and transformation with greater clarity and care.

Known for his grounded presence and compassionate communication, Aaron works with students, clinicians, faculty, executives, and senior leaders across healthcare and other industries. His approach integrates relational depth, reflective practice, and a commitment to creating more humane, integrated ways of working and living. He works in San Francisco, California, and lives in Vancouver, Washington, where he continues a lifelong engagement with writing, music, and the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest alongside his husband and three adult sons.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-tabacco-phd-83359b9/

https://lucusgroup.com/home

https://substack.com/@aarontabacco?r=b5ap9&utm_medium=ios

https://www.youtube.com/@CirclesEdges

Email: [email protected]

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Most professionals believe their work should speak for itself until they realize opportunity favors those who are understood, not just competent. In a grounded, candid conversation, Shauna Van Mourik explores why personal branding is no longer about self-promotion, but about clarity, connection, and translating internal value into external opportunity. Together, the discussion reframes personal brand as a deeply human practice rooted in values rather than vanity, offering leaders a realistic path to visibility that feels aligned, sustainable, and true to who they already are.

Key Takeaways:

1. When Competence Stops Converting – Understand why expertise alone no longer guarantees recognition, advancement, or trust.
2. Internal Value vs External Signaling – Learn how unseen impact creates frustration and how to bridge that gap with clarity.
3. Why Soft Skills Are Performance Skills Now – Discover why human connection has become a differentiator, not a bonus.
4. Personal Branding Without Self-Promotion – See how visibility can be built without chest-beating or burnout.
5. The Reality of Being Seen at Work – Explore why even high-level leaders can remain invisible inside large organizations.
6. Talking About What Matters – Notice how sharing what’s already alive inside you creates momentum and resonance.

About the Guest:

Shauna Van Mourik is a marketing strategist, speaker, and host of Marketing Rebels, a podcast with 150+ episodes challenging outdated marketing norms for coaches and therapists. A #1 international bestselling author and featured expert on 22+ stages and podcasts, she’s helped 100+ women service-based entrepreneurs clarify their messaging, streamline their marketing, and grow businesses that actually feel good to run. Shauna blends marketing psychology, neuroscience, and bold creativity to help clients attract aligned clients, charge their worth, and build brands that feel like home.

Website: https://www.shaunaleigh.com

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaunaLeighVM

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sla.marketingconfidence

Instagram: www.instagram.com/sla.marketingconfidence

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunavanmourik-slamarketingconfidence/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SLAMarketingConfidence

Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/PrettyChicken/

About Amy:

Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work.

She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving workplaces and lives where “magic” becomes reality.

Connect with Amy:

https://createmagicatwork.net/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-magic-at-work

https://www.facebook.com/112951637095427

https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatwork

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEm4h3fUgaq8qgvZpz6dGg

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Today we are #LIVEInTheHIVE with Brian Gorman, maverick leadership coach and author of Leading into the Age of Wisdom: Reimagining the Future of Work. 

Brian writes: “When hierarchies falter, networks and circles emerge. When loyalty contracts dissolve, people seek belonging and purpose. When change accelerates, organizations must cultivate adaptability and rhythm. When technology grows powerful, the human role shifts from doing the work of machines to bringing discernment, empathy, and wisdom into the system.”

What are the implications for corporations and organizations? And from a larger perspective, democracy and patriarchy?

As Klaus Schwab writes in The Fourth Industrial Evolution, “The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or greater peril.” 

Is our dystopian view that AI is replacing human-kind true or false?

Which beliefs, habits, or assumptions about leadership may need to be unlearned or reframed for me to become an Age of Wisdom leader? 

We touch on….

• We are at a tipping point with AI that requires making clear decisive decisions to choose the ultimate path upon which humanity will embark, recognizing that we’re on the verge of the equivalent of the Industrial Revolution.
• AI has made human intelligence obsolete, but humans possess WISDOM, Wisdom guides our decisions in how we utilize AI.
• Hierarchy assumes wisdom rests in the top tier, when in fact everyone has wisdom or the potential for wisdom. 
• Brian shares 2 stories of well-known corporations discovering that wisdom from the C-suite is no longer sufficient.
• Democracy itself (and all patriarchal systems) requires the overlay of these same skill sets as leaders moving into The Age of Wisdom.
• Decentralizing decision making from the top doesn’t slow systems down.
• What are wisdom circles? How do we respond to crisis? And what will be the impact of our decisions over the next 7 generations?
• Work is not done through time, it’s done through energy. How do we build physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energy?
• Circle, rather than linear, philosophy>>> Interconnectedness.
• All this and so much more.

Full bio, book, wisdom circle events, and resources:

• https://transforminglives.coach/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangorman07030/

Connect with your host Sandra Bargman:

• Website
• YouTube
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Something breaks when devotion outpaces reciprocity, and many high-performing women do not realize the cost until the collapse is unavoidable. In this conversation, Alexandra Norris traces her journey from decades of HR leadership into a profound reckoning shaped by codependence, ambition, and identity loss. Together with Amy, she explores how care becomes self-erasure, why boundaries fail where standards succeed, and what emerges when women transition from relentless responsibility into the clarity and authority of crone wisdom. The result is an honest examination of leadership, power, fairness, and the quiet transformation that occurs when women stop managing outcomes and start standing in truth.

Key Takeaways:

1. When Success Becomes Self-Abandonment – Understand how high achievement can quietly evolve into emotional and financial overextension.
2. The Hidden Mechanics of Codependence – Learn how belief, loyalty, and knowledge can become traps rather than strengths.
3. Why Boundaries Fail and Standards Hold – Discover a reframing that restores personal agency without control or blame.
4. Fairness Versus Justice in Relationships – Gain a new lens for evaluating partnerships without collapsing into moral absolutes.
5. The Crone as a Leadership Archetype – See how post-caretaking wisdom offers steadiness, truth, and cultural repair.
6. Strategic Culture as Human Alignment – Explore how belief systems, not strategy decks, determine execution and trust.

About the Guest:

Alexandra Norris has spent 30 years building a successful HR leadership to strategic culture consultant career when everything crashed around her. Now she shares her expertise and lessons learned to (1) help executives reach $10m, $40m, and $100m ARR milestones, (2) help Gen Zers define and navigate their careers in corporate, and (3) help women transition from Mother to Crone.

www.linkedin.com/in/alexandraknorris

https://www.youtube.com/@StrategicCulturePartners-x3

www.strategicculturepartners.com

https://career-navigation-mastery-studio.mn.co/

About Amy:

Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work.

She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving workplaces and lives where “magic” becomes reality.

Connect with Amy:

https://createmagicatwork.net/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-magic-at-work

https://www.facebook.com/112951637095427

https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatwork

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEm4h3fUgaq8qgvZpz6dGg

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If your life hasn’t been a neat, white picket fence…

If you’ve learned how to function, succeed, even thrive—while something inside still feels tight, unfinished, or quietly aching—this podcast is for you.

Finding Treasures in the Trash is an invitation to turn toward what you’ve avoided: the anxiety, the unease, the stories you were taught to disown. Through intimate conversations with teachers, leaders, and everyday humans, we explore what happens when pain isn’t something to fix—but something to listen to.

This isn’t a lifelong healing marathon.

It’s about courage, honesty, and curiosity.

So grab your gloves.

Let’s go dumpster diving—because in the muck lives the gold.

Finding Treasures in the Trash has always lived between what we hide and what saves us, and this moment marks its most honest turning point yet. Cari Jacobs-Crovetto shares why the show is stepping out on its own and moving to the newly formed Magic Thread Media, a network devoted to weaving conscious voices into business, creativity, and spiritual life. As she reflects on the early episodes, Cari names the deeper work that has quietly emerged: inner truth work. She explores how anxiety, shadow, and disowned parts of ourselves become survival strategies, why truth often freezes in time, and how unexamined insight can slip into self-justification and managed presence.

This episode grounds the future of the Finding Treasures in the Trash podcast in coherence and congruence, where nothing essential is pushed away and nothing is performed. This evolution invites you into a deeper relationship with yourself, where the treasure is found only by staying with what once felt unbearable.

Key Takeaways:

1. Truth Can’t Be Reached Through Performance – Learn why looking good, being right, and staying safe block real self-truth.
2. Shadow Is Adapted Truth – See how shadow reflects parts of you that learned to survive, not parts that are broken.
3. Why Truth Freezes in Time – Understand how safety, shame, and belonging force parts of us underground.
4. When Insight Turns Performative – Learn how values and spirituality lose depth when disowned parts stay hidden.
5. Coherence and Congruence – Discover the difference between looking aligned and actually being whole.
6. Why Trust Frays in Relationships – See how self-betrayal quietly erodes trust long before words do.

About Cari:

Cari Jacobs-Crovetto is a coach, secular meditation teacher, and somatic healing practitioner who blends decades of senior corporate leadership with deep therapeutic training to support meaningful personal and professional growth. After a successful career spanning global brands, media networks, consulting, and multiple Bay Area startups, she now works full-time with business leaders and individuals navigating transition, anxiety, disconnection, and the desire for deeper fulfillment. Cari offers one-on-one and relationship coaching, group work, retreats, organizational alignment, conflict resolution, and strategic future-visioning, helping clients cultivate clarity, resilience, and more conscious ways of leading and living.

https://www.bravedirections.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carisf/

https://www.instagram.com/cari_jacobs_sf

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