P.S. Younger Self

Ask yourself this common question: am I chasing “happiness?” 

Google, “how to be happy” and you’ll be served with 4.7 billion search results of self-help advice and tips on how to find happiness. Because with many things in our lives, we often seek quick fixes, right? And, let's face it...we're all obsessed with being happy. 

Ironically though, at least in America, research shows that “America’s obsession with happiness is backfiring” according to an INC article. As we’re chasing happiness, people are becoming more miserable. 

But why? Are we chasing the wrong state of being? 

In this episode, we briefly discuss how chasing happiness is an illusion vs. how seeking fulfillment can lead to greater life satisfaction. 

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What is stopping you from taking risks in life? How can healthy risks for high achievers like you be a catalyst to transform your life and achieve self mastery?

Born risk taker and life coach Stefan Grafstein shares his personal life experiences learned from taking some of scariest risks from swimming with sharks to crashing a convertible at 110 MPH and miraculously walking away to surfing the biggest waves around the world and swimming with sharks. 

But he says he took the biggest risk in life when he chose to forgo all his money and do something truly meaningful to pay it forward, which has taken his personal high-stakes risky experiences to create his own modalities and practices as a life coach for people to experience spiritual and personal self growth and mastery. We spoke to him about the power of risk taking and understanding our inner knowing in order to achieve self mastery.

To connect with Stefan Grafstein and learn more about the power of risks and inner knowing to achieve self mastery, click here > https://stefangrafstein.com or connect with Stefan on Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/stefan.grafstein

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How do you define success? What do you think is holding you back in achieving all the success you want in your life?

In this month's special collaboration with Hub Dot, a global organization taking a radically different approach to human connections and stories above job titles or social status, we speak to Simon Alexander Ong, an award-winning life coach and business strategist who says success is personal. And, with the right mindset, we can all design an environment that is impossible not to succeed.

Simon tells us that first, we must define what success means to us personally without any external standards and expectations. But it's also important to understand the progress we're making along our personal path so not to commonly give up before you have a chance to experience success. Simon gets very tactical and practical with us in sharing detailed steps we can take to create the most optimal environment for success from how to identify if you're interested vs committed to your success to how to identify the right circle of people to surround yourself with and be inspired by to keep you on track for your own success. 

To learn more about Simon Alexander Ong's work and connect with him directly, you can find him here >https://www.simonalexanderong.com or on Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/simonalexandero and on Linkedin here > https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonalexanderong.

To learn more about Hub Dot, click here >  https://hubdot.com  

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Some coincidences are so uncanny, so striking and so captivating that they seem “meant to be”. This is synchronicity: the phenomenon of experiencing a striking and meaningful coincidence that connects our inner and outer world.

Chris Mackey, a clinical psychologist and the author of The Positive Psychology of Synchronicity, illustrates (drawing on his 40 years of experience in psychology and case studies) how synchronicity can act as a guide in our life path. We first discover the science of synchronicity and how the influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung was the first to explore its meaning, its connection to our human psyche and wellbeing. 

Additionally, you'll learn: 

2:30: What is synchronicity as coined by psychiatrist Carl Jung? 

5:30: How the collective universal consciousness links us all together.

7:36: The correlation between quantum physics and synchronicity. How Jung's findings of quantum physics validates synchronicity. 

15:39: What is Entanglement Theory and how it supports quantum physics, which helps us further understand synchronicity. 

17:43: What is propinquity and how it's the most common experience of synchronicity. 

25:22: How can we enhance our mental health and gain deeper understanding of our soul purpose, daimon, dharma with synchronicities.  

33:00 Chris Mackey's fascinating synchronistic experience that led him to believe in finding his true love. 

34:38: Connection between numerology and synchronicity. 

41:54: How our rationalistic educational system has made us less in touch with our intuitive thinking. 

46:35: The five pillars of wellbeing from positive psychology and how they help us draw meaning in our life. 

52:24: Can we create more synchronicities in our life? 

56:11: Chris' one piece of advice to his younger self to remind him to always live fully in the present and always on his own terms. 

To learn more about the positive psychology of synchronicity and connect with Chris Mackey, click here - synchronicityunwrapped.com.au. To connect with Chris on mental health and psychological services, click here - https://www.chrismackey.com.au.

To get a copy of Chris Mackey's book The Positive Psychology of Synchronicity, click here - https://www.amazon.com/The-Positive-Psychology-of-Synchronicity/dp/B07W8XK3RX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Chris+Mackey&qid=1600662408&s=audible&sr=1-1

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“This is your last chance, after this there is no turning back” - can you guess what iconic movie this phrase is from which precedes an even more iconic phrase that has since taken on so many pop culture and even political meanings as of late? 

You guessed it; it’s from The Matrix! When Morpheus offers Neo the chance to take the red pill or the blue pill. 

But why am I bringing up a movie that debuted 20 years ago...and on P.S. Younger Self?! Because this franchise has always been more than a brilliant sci-fi trilogy. It has revealed a lot of deeper meanings and connection to our human life from references to philosophy such as gnosticism and existentialism to spirituality and religion. 

And with 2020 feeling like the year we all wished was just an illusion...I asked myself would I want to take the red pill or the blue pill....knowing every raw bit of the truth, no matter how gritty and painful it can be. To be honest...this might be a hard one to swallow...no pun intended, but when I look at how I choose to make my life decisions, I want to know I’m the creator of my own life, my own masterpiece. Rather than be living in a programmed world with beliefs and ideas indoctrinated on me. Moreover a world rife with mass consumerism and our dependency on technology which can distract us from tapping into our authenticity. How about you? 

I’ll rephrase the question this way, P.S. Younger Self, would you rather free your mind or live in ignorant bliss? 

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Take a minute and ask yourself, do you have any fears that are holding you back from living your authentic, most fulfilling life?

If we're honest with ourselves, we all have some fear that gets in the way of fulfilling everything we want in life. Some of the most common fears we all face are: the fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of change and our guest, motivational and TEDx speaker and podcaster Sara Hauk says that it's also the fear of believing we can do it. 

At the core of all these fears are our own limiting thoughts, which we all have control over. Sara gets really tactical with us on how she's coached and helped her clients boldly face their fears by implementing four easy, practical steps to help you achieve whatever you want in life. And again, this starts with taking control over your life choices and your own self talk. 

To connect with Sara and listen to inspirational stories of how her guests of all walks of life have faced their fears, check out her podcast at https://www.facingfearwithsara.com, which is also available anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts like P.S. Younger Self! You can also find Sara on Insta here https://www.instagram.com/facingfearwithsara or https://www.instagram.com/saramcinerneyhauck

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What does diversity and inclusion mean to you? Do you think of disability as part of this conversation?

In our latest P.S. Younger Self x Hub Dot Special Series episode, we speak to Emma Gardner who is a fearless champion for diversity and inclusion, particularly around disability, about what it means to rethink and reframe the narrative around disability. She passionately shares how her daughter Dotty who was born with a rare condition called STXBP1 was the catalyst for driving this important conversation. 

She is a change maker who champions for all narratives of disability and reminds us that there is not one representative or story - there are many and they are diverse. 

We learn: 

8:04: About Emma’s mission of reframing and rethinking disability. 

11:57: What does reframing and rethinking the narrative of disability really look like? 

20:27: What can brands and businesses do to be part of changing the narrative in the workplace, as well as in their marketing and advertising communications?

25:00: How can parents have healthier, open conversations with their children about disabilities?

31:00: How can you start to get comfortable with disability? 

32:30: Notable resources Emma recommends to be better informed about disabilities. 

38:35: Emma’s one piece of advice to her younger self to live fully in the present and always on her own terms. 

To connect with Emma, you can reach her on Insta here https://www.instagram.com/ms_emma_gardner or on Linkedin here https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-gardner-0b0a7334/ or you can email Emma directly at [email protected]. 

Below are also the great resources Emma referenced in the episode so be sure to check them out, as well. 

Adult Books

• Tender, Penny Wincer
• Disability Visibility, Alice Wong
• Sitting Pretty, Rebekah Taussig

Kids Books

• I'm Not a Label, collection of biographies
• A Kids Book About Disabilities , Kristine Napper

Consultants & Panellists

• Sulaiman Khan, Chief Purpose Office, This Ability
• Shani Dhanda, Specialist & Public Speaker

To learn more about Hub Dot, click here >  https://hubdot.com

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What is your risk propensity when it comes to your finance, recreational, health, ethical and social aspect of your life? We all have unique risk propensity in these five categories. Moreover, our society and culture will create arbitrary timelines of what you should accomplish or shouldn't do at a certain age, including taking risks in life. 

Today's guest, Entrepreneur and YouTuber Cinnamon McCann defies the age card in taking bold risks and is inspiring thousands of people around the world to pursue living their most fulfilling lives, particularly living abroad which many can perceive as being risky, scary and challenging. Her YouTube video titled, “Why I moved to Lisbon from the US” has now garnered more than 300K views and has sparked a new popular series called "Living Abroad" amongst a growing global community inspired by her attitude of living life to the fullest. 

We speak to Cinnamon about how and why we create these timelines in our own heads that prevent us from pursuing the life we truly desire and how to overcome our own self-inflicted fears to take bold risks, at any age. 

We learn: 

3:35: About Cinnamon's why on leaving her ambitious corporate career in the U.S. to take a bold risk in starting a new chapter abroad at 40.

8:14: How and why we create our own made-up timelines of what success is based on external expectations and definitions of success. 

11:40: Cinnamon's honest fears she faced in taking one of her biggest risks in life. 

21:26: How to face your fears in taking risks if you think you're held back because of your age. 

25:13: What is Risk Propensity and how it varies for each of us in taking risks in these five categories: finance, social, health & safety, ethical and recreational.

28:30: Do women have higher risk propensity in certain areas of life?

37:15: How "age milestones" are created in our own heads. And how we can ignore these timelines to take risks at any age for personal growth. 

38:19: Cinnamon's one advice to her younger self to live fully in the present and always on her own terms.

To connect with Cinnamon McCann, you can find her here on IG https://www.instagram.com/drivenspice and/or you can watch her popular YouTube series here https://www.youtube.com/c/drivenspice. 

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P.S. Younger Self, Always Seek Answers From Within

We live in a world that is indoctrinated by our culture, society and even our family to think a certain way, to be a certain way, to create a life defined as successful based on old fashion rules of whatever success is. These systems of culture and beliefs from our external world feeds on our fears. Our fear to be ourselves. Following our inner voice. Our inner truth so we fall on our institutions to define a career path that tells us will make us the most money, garner fame, status or we look to external voices to define what roles we play in this world or we seek answers to our own greatness from everyone but ourselves. 

In this episode, I share a little more about my personal experience of living in the culturescape and how I wasn't not honoring my true self. You know why? I didn’t know how to go within. I didnt know how to ask myself questions that truly matter? 

Because the only answer that matters is the one that comes from you. Always you. Otherwise, you will not be honoring your true self. And the beauty of every single one of us on this planet earth is to live consciously as our authentic selves, don’t you agree? 

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The biggest public health challenge of the 21st century is chronic preventable diseases and our guest Rory Callaghan is on a mission to combat this through his SelfCare Global movement. Rory is an Integrated Health Practitioner, Social Entrepreneur and the founder of SelfCare Global, a organization creating a global bluezone movement, reaching 1 in 7 people around the world. His mission and global community has helped and inspired more than 45K people around the world to create more fulfilling, healthy lives based on his Futuristic Framework of a human-centric approach to health and wellness. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 

3:24: Rory's why on his mission to create a global bluezone movement to combat chronic preventive diseases. 

7:54: Rory's perspective of how healthcare starts in our communities first. 

15:18: What is a bluezone community and why are they the model environment for wellbeing and longevity. 

23:24: What is the futuristic framework for optimizing our human vessel. 

29: How to optimize our wellbeing through exposure and access to healthy and natural environments.

33:36: What are the internal medicines essential to optimize our wellbeing.

36:15: How to script your dream life. Rory's detailed process from journaling to creative visualization to future planning. 

45:00: How intention drives action, which creates synchronicities in our lives. 

49:31: The first and foremost component in the Futuristic Framework to start today to optimize your health. 

53: 23: Rory's one piece of advice to his younger self to live in the present and always on his own terms. 

To learn more about Rory Callaghan, Self Care Global and access to his Futuristic Framework to optimize your health & wellbeing today, visit https://selfcare.global. 

To get Rory's framework of scripting your life, click here http://bit.ly/FutureVision12mthCOPYANDFILL

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