We live in a society that prizes success, money, careers, and external appearances over own own internal happiness and wellbeing. But it doesn’t have to be this way!

I spent years transitioning from physically efforting my way through with my mind to aligning and flowing through life with my intuition. That journey brought me to where I am today, and ultimately inspired the creation of my online course But First, Alignment!

Today on the show, I’m sharing a clip from one of our But First, Alignment classes. 

In this episode, I'm sharing:

✧ How But First, Alignment came to be

✧ My own journey from physically efforting, to mentally striving, to finally aligning and flowing

✧ What alignment is

✧ Three ways you can cultivate unconditional alignment

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

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I'm so excited to share the most life-changing books I've ever read. I've read hundreds of personal/spiritual growth books and these are the ones that have had a lasting impact and that I've found to be deeply true and meaningful in my own life.

1. Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach By Evelyn Tribole And Elyse Resch

2. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times By Pema Chodron

3. The Great Pain Deception: Faulty Medical Advice Is Making Us Worse By Steven Ozanich

4. You Are The Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter By Joe Dispenza

5. The Sedona Method By Hale Dwoskin

6. Shambhala: The Sacred Path of The Warrior By Chogyam Trungpa

7. Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide To Men, Sex and Love's Deepest Bliss By David Deida

8. Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears By Pema Chodron

9. The Power of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment By Eckhart Tolle

10.The Surrender Experiment: My Journey Into Life's Perfection By Michael Singer

11. Awareness By Anthony De Mello

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There’s nothing inherently right or wrong about productivity. What’s important is to realize our relationship with it, how it’s affecting our life and if that is how we desire to engage with it.

Is our self-worth dependent on it? Are we unable to relax? Are we constantly draining our mental, physical and emotional energy thinking about what we need to do?

In this episode, we're going to take an honest look at what it means to be productive and explore new ways to look it that might offer a lot more freedom, joy and growth.

We're diving into:

✧ How I navigated my mind's "need to do something" unsettled feeling that came up recently

✧ What to do when you feel like you should be doing something productive and it's draining your energy

✧ How to put what feels joyful first and trust what unfolds from there

✧ Releasing resistance to not taking action or when the mind wants to force action

✧ How to use your intuition to guide your actions instead of being controlled by the ego's need to derive its identity and worth from productivity

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate But First, Alignment: madisonarnholt.com/align The Great Pain Deception Book

Today, I’m sharing how you can work with your mind to find peace while you're feeling sick... and maybe even thrive. 

When we are sick, we tend to struggle. Our minds like to play the victim game, which only makes us feel worse. But it's not only possible to find peace while we feel like sh*t, but to also thrive at the same time.

I can't wait to hear how you make the most of the sick days after listening to this episode.

In this episode, I dive into:

✧ Why we suffer when we're sick

✧ How reading one book cured my chronic back pain

✧ Why our emotions need to be felt (and how they impact our health)

✧ The importance of letting yourself be where you are to feel better

✧ Three questions to ask yourself to help you find more peace

✧ How to release negative thoughts when we feel sick

✧ How I used all of this to feel amazing even with a sore throat and sinus infection

✧ And so much more!

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate But First, Alignment: madisonarnholt.com/align The Great Pain Deception Book

Today, I’m sharing a client session with Helen Giles from one of the But First, Alignment coaching calls where we dove into releasing shame, creativity, money and following your joy. 

If your mind has ever felt like something is wrong with you for not being “farther along” or having it all figured out, this episode will probably feel like a totally new sense of relief, freedom and peace.

I’m excited for you to feel the difference in her voice, energy and perspective from the beginning to the end of the session - it’s incredible! 

In this episode, I dive into:

✧ Realizing that rebelling against rules isn’t actually freedom

✧ Making now decisions vs forever decisions

✧ When the mind sucks the joy out of something by turning it into “work”/obligation

✧ Permission to rest for the sake of rest 

✧ Can you really have money AND joy? 

✧ Is consistent creativity needed in order to succeed?

✧ Feeling at peace not knowing what’s next

✧ Releasing shame and feeling like "something must be wrong with me"

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate But First, Alignment: madisonarnholt.com/align Connect With Helen: https://www.instagram.com/helencgiles/ https://www.helencgiles.com

If you've ever felt like flowing and following your alignment is a bit tricker when other people are involved, I'm excited to share this episode with you. I'm sharing a few personal experiences that I hope will shed some light on how we can navigate flow and alignment when others are involved in a more easeful, clear, sovereign way.

In this episode, I dive into:

✧ What happened when I chose to people please instead of following my own alignment/intuition in a recent scenario in my life

✧ How I released the energetic drain I felt after this experience and what I learned from it

✧ A recent experience where I DID follow my alignment instead of trying to please the others involved and what happened

✧ Why going against our own alignment to please others doesn't actually serve anyone

✧ How to recognize the signs of misalignment sooner 

✧ Being willing to let other people have their upset, reactions or opinions about your alignment and choices

✧ How the dynamics of feminine and masculine energy play into flowing and aligning with my husband

Website: madisonarnholt.com

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I'm so excited to bring you this episode with my dear friend, Dora Vandekamp. Dora is a biohacker and business mentor who's been a friend of mine for a few years now. For the last few months, we've been having some really juicy, expansive conversations. It's been so fun for us to share what we're navigating, how we're moving through it and what we're learning and we wanted to let you in on the magic that's been coming through! 

In this episode, we dive into:

✧ Entrepreneurship and honoring the ebbs and flows

✧ Allowing, surrendering and honor our cycles as women 

✧ Living from joy and what feels right for you vs what you're "supposed to" do

✧ Allowing what is versus trying to force/control things to be a certain way

✧ Navigating comparison and honoring your own path and uniqueness 

✧ How to decipher between your mind and intuition

✧ Dora's biohacking tips to optimize your health and well-being

✧ Our journeys from eating disorders to eating in intuitive alignment

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate But First, Alignment: madisonarnholt.com/align

Website: doravandekamp.com

Instagram: @doravandekamp

Youtube: Dora Vandekamp

The ultimate freedom doesn't come from manifesting your desires. It's having a deep knowing that you're good with or without them. It doesn't mean you can't have them, it just means your happiness/okayness is no longer dependent on them.

In this episode, I'm sharing:

✧ How to tell the difference between authentic, aligned desires versus ego attachment

✧ Practices to experiment with to help you release attachment and return to your inner sense of wholeness

✧ The benefits of wanting but not yet having

✧ How to break the cycle of seeking worth, wholeness and happiness externally

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate

In this episode, I’m sharing 6 reminders for when heavy emotions come up. Just when they feel too uncomfortable, too big, or too stuck, let these reminders support you in moving through them and coming back to the center.

In this episode, I'm sharing:

✧ A recent example from my life is when a really intense emotion came up and how I moved through it and came out on the other side feeling incredibly relaxed and peaceful

✧ 6 reminders for when heavy emotions come up

✧ How inner voice sessions can support you in releasing any heavy/stuck emotions that are blocking your clarity/peace

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate

In this episode, I'm sharing how my manifestation approach has evolved from physical and mental efforting to mental efforting to dropping effort from the mind and allowing my intuition to guide me.

It has only become lighter, easier and more effective over time and I'm excited to share how that has unfolded for me so you can also find more ease and flow in your manifestation journey.

In this episode, I'm sharing:

✧ How my manifestation approach has evolved and become SO much lighter, easier and more effective

✧ How I "tried" to manifest in high school, college and my early 20's using a lot of physical and mental effort

✧ Why I no longer feel the need to "try" to manifest

✧ What it's looked like for me to manifest "beyond the mind" and how it's changed my life

Website: madisonarnholt.com

Instagram: @madison.arnholt

Free meditation: madisonarnholt.com/activate