On Emergence

This episode I talk about why you shouldn't exercise. For the reasons like: "to burn calories" or "lose weight" – no. Exercise – move your body – because you can. Exercise because it makes you resilient to unhealthy habits and poor life choices. Exercise because – that's the time you spend away from scrolling social media. Exercise because one day you might not be able to. Exercise... and enjoy the ice-cream. So many of us are wasting the concept of moving our bodies – by using exercise as a punishing stick – than a beautiful tool to discover the home in your body.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:25) Your body is your home

(02:58) Your nervous system

(03:40) Doing something better than nothing

(06:02) It’s movement.

(06:50) Move, because one day you won't be able to.

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Laura Sagen, host of On Emergence podcast

Using the analogy of a cluttered room, in this episode I talk about how we often focus on surface-level changes without first clearing out the deeper clutter that holds us back. Here, I invite you to weigh the pros and con's of holding on – and to welcome a possibility of a new, empty space.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:38) The "empty spaces" analogy

(02:01) If your pipes are leaking...

(03:31) Choose your type of pain

(04:38) About relationships and attachments

(05:20) A safer choice

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Laura Sagen, host of On Emergence podcast

Often we push away sadness and other "heavy" emotions – but can we learn to appreciate our ability to feel them?

Tune in to today's episode about hearing the music of your emotions and enjoying them, whatever they are.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:16) Perception of sadness as a "bad" or "heavy"

(03:55) What happens to music when you push it away

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Laura Sagen, host of On Emergence podcast

I began calling it "whatever-ness". A combination of emotions is hard to feel. Especially those that conflict with each other (for example, joy and sadness, hope and despair, pride and shame) - so no wonder you get confused when they appear at the same time. No wonder "whatever-ness" arises.

023: In today's episode, I sat down with Alex Love Li – a real estate investor and an investment educator. Alex's mindset is "make money like love". He focuses his real estate business to be about people and relationships he builds, than the numbers of return on investment and profit. Alex had shared how being a student of Course of Miracles shifted his mindset towards abundance, some practical tips on money management as well as his regular practice of prayer playing a role in his day-to-day.

(05:19) Making money more like love - receiving in giving

(08:47) Problem with accumulation of more & more things

(10:05) Course of miracles

(14:15) About hope & listening to inner teacher

(16:07) Prayer and going within

(20:34) Doing business in real estate - is building relationships

(22:11) Scarcity mindset vs trust

(25:32) Find an activity where you can forget about time 

(27:51) Relating to people in real estate deals

(30:56) Looking at conflict (31:29) Practices to support yourself

(33:02) Real estate investment is special type

(36:50) ROI vs ROR (Return on relationship)

(38:39) Practical tips to manage your money

(41:23) Giving your money respect it deserves

(44:29) Democratisation of fund investment (Alex's project)

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Have you ever experienced a craving for new piece of knowledge like you crave a specific snack? Next time you have an "itch" – see if this is your psyche telling you to pick up a book you left behind, but not to finish it – merely to snack on it.

Few things in life are linear in life. Books are not either, even though they may come across as such: for they have a beginning and an end – but just because they are presented in such a way, it doesn't mean you should be consuming it linearly too...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:49) Snacking on knowledge, craving a feeling

(01:54) Books are not written linearly

(04:24) Physical books vs e-books

(05:08) Not all books are meant to be read

(07:31) Bookstore experience

(08:31) You don't have to finish a book

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Decision-making process is hard – pressure of right and wrong, pressure for time... anxieties about making the wrong decision...

Allow yourself space – the space the decision needs to emerge. In this episode I share a process. 

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:11) Mindset for when you have to make a quick decision

(02:41) How would the right decision FEEL?

(04:26) Giving space for the "rightness" of the decision

(05:16) Allowing space for the decision to emerge

(06:31) Consciously indecisive

(08:12) ...but how to let the right decision reveal itself?

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My guest, Debra Williams – an educator in state prisons, in fact 6 different prisons, for 11 years in California, United States. She shares her stories of smuggling books to the imprisoned, talks about code of silence and shame… the outrage. We cover subjects like honour, humility, respect…

I sincerely hope you get to really hear and feel through Debra’s experience and allow the words of her stories to fall where they need to be…

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(03:38) Criminal thinking - what can I get out of this?

(05:51) Spaces of abuse perpetrates further pain

(07:30) The prison system 

(09:08) “Where there is silence – there is shame”

(11:33) Smuggling books into prison

(15:06) Crime as a way to feed families

(18:09) Prison system and generational wealth

(20:16) Addiction to outrage… and healing

How can you trust others so that you can live with a mind, unburdened by the constant planning and vigilance that comes from expecting the other to hurt you?

Hard to function in the world where we don’t trust other people, or systems we rely on – but far more difficult to live without the agency over our peace that we transfer to others... so what's next? Mistrusting everyone and relying solely on yourself? Not quite. Let's talk.

(00:55) What is trust?

(02:13) Child-like trust vs informed trust

(04:12) Consequences of not trusting (state of constant vigilance)

(07:53) How to cultivate trust?

(08:29) Specific positivity examples

(11:25) Acknowledging your fears

(13:44) The parts of you (Internal Family Systems)

(14:40) Developing a sense of adult-self whom you can trust

(15:23) How do you abandon yourself that sabotages your trust?

(17:10) Body movement practices 

(20:13) What life can feel like if you trust...

The backstory for this episode can be found on the website here >

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Laura Sagen, host of ⁠On Emergence ⁠podcast

Early morning is a feeling.

A lot of data has been published to back up the fact that waking up early is good for us, humans. Titans of neuroscience, psychology and medical field continuously publish and share convincing content to support it.

So I'm not here to regurgitate their findings to you.

Instead, in this short note episode, I decided to share my love for the early mornings – and maybe... spark a curiosity around this feeling, for you, as well.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:50) A gift for yourself

(03:37) Impact on you of showing up before everyone else

(05:35) How waking up early actually changes your life

(07:16) Why waking up early is hard?

(07:47) If you're feeling "off" – check your waking time

(09:20) An office example of waking up early

(11:05) Syncing your waking schedule with partner and family obligations

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Back story for this episode can be found on the website here >

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Laura Sagen, host of On Emergence podcast