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Have you tried drinking your problems away? Have you tried escaping reality with drugs? Have you hopped in your car and spontaneously drove somewhere random just to get away? How many times have you tried to escape, yet the problem still seems to linger? Spoiler alert: we can’t run from ourselves, no matter how hard we try. With new stay-at-home orders in place, it’s easy to feel suffocated, trapped, isolated, and alone. In this episode, you’ll learn how to better face your problems in order to feel more liberated, free, calm, and clearheaded when faced with adversity. Although there’s a lot of uncertainty in the world right now, that doesn’t mean that YOUR world has to be uncertain. I encourage you to listen to this episode if you’re feeling less than yourself or feeling like your emotions are negatively taking control of your life. I definitely needed this little reset, and I think you do too. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening!

Do you ever look at someone else's life and ask yourself why you can't be as successful, productive, inspirational, motivational, helpful, beautiful as he/she is? If you answered no, then you're lying. It's natural for us to compare our own progress to that of others. However, it's not normal to compare your life so much so that it begins to discourage you or hinder your own progress. In this episode, you'll learn how to stay motivated, focused, and grounded while you manifest YOUR own dreams while inviting HEALTHY comparison into your life. It's time to ask yourself what your "why" is behind why you dream what you dream and why you do what you do in order to manifest the goals you've always wanted for yourself. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening! 

No matter what stage of life you’re in, you will always deal with adversity and pain. So how do you take that adversity and turn it into something beautiful and positive? In this episode, my best friend Sofia and I discuss how to remain positive amidst any shit storm. If you’re currently finding yourself in a funk, down in the dumps, negative, and pessimistic, then this episode is for you. We ALL have our low moments, we ALL question the point of our own existence, we ALL experience pain and grief, we ALL experience heartbreak, but sometimes we don’t know how to pick OURSELVES back up. It’s time to hold yourself accountable and to recognize how and when it’s time to bounce back. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening!

What in the F*CK are you doing with your life? Are you happy? Are you living a life of purpose? Are you chasing your dreams? When life gets challenging, we tend to get sucked into the drama associated with the immediate moment and forget to look at what's truly important: your LIFE. In this episode, you'll learn how to refocus your attention towards your life's greater purpose. If you feel like your life has been put on hold, you're focusing too much of your attention on other people, or if you feel insanely lost and are having trouble finding your way back, then this episode is for you. It's time to grab life by the cojones and fucking send it. You deserve to feel happy and fulfilled, and this episode will help you get one step closer to just that. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening! 

While we deal with difficult moments in our lives, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s important. When we submerge ourselves into situations that bring us constant worry, pain, anxiety, and stress, we tend to forget about the things we’re grateful for and blessed to have in our lives. In this newest podcast episode, I discuss various ways on how to invite more gratitude into your life, despite how difficult your life may be at this very moment. By inviting more gratitude and more awareness into the present moment, we learn to let go of situations that are completely out of our control; and, by doing so, we learn to just simply be. If you need to reset, refocus your priorities, and shift your awareness away from the past or the future and into the NOW, then this episode is for you. So sit back, relax, and enjoy!

Addiction is complex, misunderstood, confusing, and heartbreaking. Not only do the decisions and actions of an addict affect his or her own life, but it dramatically affects any loved ones involved. In this episode, I dive deeper into the relationship I’m in with an addict and how it’s challenged my emotional state of being, mental health, and strength. While this time in my life has been extremely painful, I’m learning more about myself and the world by learning how to become a more understanding, compassionate, and grounded person. In this episode, you’ll learn how to replace judgement with understanding and pain with love. If you’re in a relationship with an addict or someone you love is struggling with substance abuse and it’s taking a toll on your own life, I encourage you to listen to this episode. I’m not alone, and neither are you. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening.

Emotions are nuanced and complex. Sometimes, we think we understand how we're feeling, but our subconscious tells us otherwise. If you're like me, you've learned to suppress, ignore, and repress any emotion other than happiness. But, suppression only enables you to live a numb lifestyle: without feeling ALL emotions, it's impossible to truly feel and enjoy happiness and joy. In this episode, you'll learn how to tap into your past in order to rid your soul of past grief and pain that you've never wanted to deal with. You'll learn how to be more emotionally aware in hopes that you can be more in tune with your body and your mind on a day to day basis in order to live more freely in the present moment. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening! 

In a world full of social turmoil and injustice, we are faced with so many opposing opinions and so many different voices. Through injustice comes inequality, and through inequality comes anger and pain. Anger and pain are valid; however, they are not an excuse to ridicule, to hate, or to oppress others in return. In this episode, I discuss various ways to eliminate hate from your life and to replace it with forgiveness. To forgive is to be free. We can continue to blame the world and people for our problems. Or, we can learn to let go, forgive, accept, and walk this world together. This world needs more forgiveness; this world needs more compassion. If you're having trouble finding the strength to forgive and to rid yourself of your anger and pain, then this episode is for you. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening. 

In this emotional episode, Tracy from @athrivelife on Instagram sat down with me to discuss the history behind the Romani people, how fortune teller costumes are cultural appropriation, and how to spread love instead of hate. From deep rooted cultural oppression to present day misunderstandings, this episode will teach you how to be a better listener, teacher, and educator. So open your ears, and welcome different perspectives. Happy Listening, and Happy Learning! 

Part 2 will be released later this week. Stay tuned. 

In this emotional episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tracy, from @athrivelife on Instagram, regarding racism and the story behind the Romani people. As Halloween quickly approaches, we're expected to choose costumes that are in good taste that do not culturally appropriate. I dressed up as a fortune teller for a Halloween party not understanding that this is a major and racist issue that many people of Romani decent face on a daily basis. My ignorance around this topic was met with anger, and my dm's FLOODED with hateful and hurtful messages. For someone who did not understand the issue, these spiteful messages brought about confusion and extreme emotional overwhelm. In this episode, Tracy and I dive deep into the difficult history the Romani people had to face while also discussing how to approach this situation in the future with more love and less hate. Hate is never the answer. If you're looking to better educate people on difficult social issues or controversial topics but tend to approach people with animosity stemming from deep rooted pain and frustration, then this episode is for you. If you're looking to gain more insight as to why this topic is a serious issue, then this episode is also for you. So open your ears, welcome conversation, strive to educate, sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy Listening!