MONSOON SEASON

You are not a broken, incomplete, unfinished project. In this episode I get personal about spending a lifetime trying to fix myself. This one is about learning to create from wholeness instead of from the wound of lack, and what it actually feels like in your body when you finally do.

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Most of us think we have a competence problem. We don't. In this episode, we break down why you're likely misdiagnosing yourself, how fear shapeshifts into "I need more training" or "I'm just not ready," and the five questions that will tell you exactly what's in your way.

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Most of us are living on autopilot without even realizing it. Meditation and breathwork teacher Kat Ladcani joins Monsoon Season to talk about what it costs us to go through the motions, the intuition that led her to teacher training without knowing why, and the small practices that can wake us back up to the life we are already living. We also talk about grief, impermanence, the gift of boredom, and why today — exactly as it is — is enough. New episodes of Monsoon Season every Monday.

WHAT WE EXPLORE

1. Living on autopilot — what it looks like, what it costs, and how long we can go before the bill comes due.
2. Death and impermanence — how what she learned during meditation teacher training gave her a framework to grieve her mother and find her way through loss.
3. Three tactical ways to wake up — including a two-minute balance breathing practice you can do right now.

ABOUT KAT

Kat Ladcani is a 200-hour certified meditation and breathwork practitioner based in Miami, FL. She helps people wake up to the life they're already living through breathwork, meditation, and nervous system regulation. Kat teaches at BreathTribe Miami and works with everyone from corporate professionals to wellness communities. Her mission is simple: help people stop going through the motions and start showing up wholeheartedly within their lives. 

CONTACT & LINKS
Instagram: @katladcani
TikTok: @katladcani
Website: katladcani.co
Location: Miami, FL

You were taught that needing help was weakness. That holding it all together was strength. This episode is for the children of immigrants, the high performers, the quietly suffering ones who say "I'm fine" and mean it less and less. We explore where self-sufficiency becomes armor, why receiving is a muscle most of us never built, and the unexpected reason your business might not be growing. Anchored by one quote that stopped me cold: "Giving someone the opportunity to serve is an act of service."

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About this Episode

Jiva Smith left a corporate executive career at NBC Peacock managing teams of 50 and $120M budgets and stepped into transformational coaching. But the real story started before that. In this conversation we explore fatherhood as a spiritual practice, what it means to take 100% responsibility for your own regulation, the concept of honey on a razor blade, and how the hardest season of his life became the doorway to everything.

About Jiva

Jiva Smith guides leaders toward soul-deep satisfaction, blending business acumen and spiritual depth to share powerful, proven tools drawn from his own journey of transformation. A new kind of success. One that’s soul-deep rather than surface level.

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References: The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

If you've ever held back a teaching, a post, or an idea because you thought someone else already said it better — this episode is for you.Join my newsletter and community: https://asayee.substack.com/

In this episode of MONSOON SEASON, we explore the powerful idea of "new choice" — the sovereignty to pivot, change your mind, and move completely differently at any given moment. From improv class to meditation teacher training to finding my way back to the podcast after a layoff, this episode is a permission slip for anyone who has been waiting to start over.Subscribe to the newsletter to go deeper: https://asayee.substack.com/

if you're a good person, self-promotion probably feels gross — even manipulative. but what if that discomfort is the very thing keeping your work hidden from the people who need it most?in this episode, we get into why good-hearted people struggle to be seen, and what it actually looks like to promote yourself with integrity.if this episode hit home, come deeper into the world → i write about self-mastery, spirituality & the art of becoming over on substack. sign up here: 🌧 https://asayee.substack.com/

in this episode of monsoon season, we’re diving into week 02 of the artist’s way and the 10 rules every true artist must follow. if you’ve been feeling creatively blocked, stuck in overthinking, or afraid to begin before you’re ready, this is your gentle but honest reset.

i share the key takeaways from week 2, how these rules actually show up in real life (and business), and why creative recovery is less about perfection and more about devotion.

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I’m starting The Artist’s Way again. This episode is a grounding conversation on why now, how I’m approaching it differently, and what this work has meant to me in the past. If you’ve done The Artist’s Way, I’d love to hear what it brought up for you. I’m doing this slowly, honestly, and for real this time.

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