Quest for Peace

Quest for Peace

By Saju VaswaniEducationSelf-Improvement
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Quest for Peace episodes

  • Ep.4 Family Constellations Healing Generations with Karla Sánchez

    This episode features Karla Sanchez, a facilitator of Family Constellations therapy and life coach. She discusses Family Constellations, a philosophy and methodology for finding the root causes of conflicts and emotional issues within families by examining generational patterns passed down through behaviors and DNA. Karla explains how she uses group energy work and representations to help clients resolve relationship issues and trauma. She also discusses topics like the inclusion of all family members, forgiveness, healing from generational wounds, and the importance of inner peace and gratitude for creating outer peace.


    Episode Highlights:

    00:00:07 Finding purpose and peace with a spiritual leader.

    00:00:07 Family Constellations, a philosophy for finding root causes of conflicts and emotional issues.

    00:05:37 Using group energy work to resolve family conflicts.

    00:11:48 Family Constellation therapy and its effectiveness in healing emotional wounds.

    00:17:43 Family Constellations, excluding or including family members, healing generational trauma.

    00:22:28 Family dynamics, healing through acceptance and order.

    00:30:36 Forgiveness and healing through family constellations.

    00:36:07 Forgiveness and apologies in Family Constellation therapy.

    00:41:33 The importance of gratitude and self-reflection for personal growth and world peace.

    00:48:16 Inner peace and healing through family constellations and participation.


    “Sometimes, things outside us can upset us. Not everything bothers us, just specific things.” - Saju


    Who is Karla Sánchez?

    Karla Sánchez is a facilitator of Family Constellations as well as Health and Life Coach.

    She has multiple studies and certifications in different areas of personal development, such as Holy Fire Reiki Master, Angelic Reiki, EDINA, Numerology, Transgenerational, Uterus Healing, Akashic Records, and NLP, among many others.

    Thanks to her multiple preparations in different modalities, Karla manages to guide her clients to a deep state of introversion towards their roots, their childhood experiences and their family systems, thus managing to look with love at the origin of the challenges that arise in their lives. lives and guide them towards new understanding and healing.


    “No matter what the situations of our conception were, it was through love." - Karla


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    #familyconstellations #generationalhealing #innerpeace #emotionalhealing #relationshiphealing #spiritualgrowth #ancestralhealing #gratitude #forgiveness #questforpeace #questforpeacepodcast #innerharmony #life #challenges #tranquility #chaos #conflict #journey #peaces #innerpeace #outerpeace #innerguide #guide #transformation #expedition #sajuvaswani #saju

    55 min
  • Ep.3 Purpose, Prosperity and Peace with Burge Smith-Lyons

    This episode features Burge Smith-Lyons, a spiritual leader and founder of Essence of Being. She discusses finding purpose with prosperity and peace. She shares her personal journey of starting workshops 40 years ago and now reaching thousands across 6 continents. She emphasizes surrounding oneself with like-minded individuals for self-discovery. She also discusses overcoming personal challenges and finding prosperity through conscious leadership. The conversation explores topics like setting goals, adding value, and trusting the universe. Birgitt shares tools for overcoming stuckness and insights on vibrating at a high level to attract abundance. She offers her programs for personal growth and conscious leadership.


    Episode Highlights:

    00:00:07 Finding purpose and peace with a spiritual leader. 

    00:07:13 Overcoming challenges and finding prosperity through conscious leadership and energy work. 

    00:13:36 Finding peace and prosperity through inner work and connection with spirit. 

    Saju and Speaker 2 discuss finding purpose and prosperity through inner work.

    00:17:30 The importance of receiving and giving in a flow of energy. 

    00:23:21 Finding purpose and abundance through consciousness and vibrating at a high level. 

    00:28:11 Finding purpose and adding value through goal-setting and trusting the universe.

    00:35:53 Finding purpose, prosperity, and peace through self-love and focus. 

    00:40:38 Personal growth, conscious leadership, and inner peace. 

    00:46:55 Creating peace in the world through personal growth and connection. 


    You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” is a quote by Buckminster Fuller.


    Who is Burge Smith-Lyons?

    Burge Smith-Lyons is the founder of Essence of Being, Inc. Since 1981 she has taught live transformational playshops for thousands of men, women, children, and companies on 6 continents with emotional and spiritual healing, self-development, communication techniques, relationships, abundance, team building, and leadership development. She specializes in helping people identify their “Bubble Talk” — subconscious negative self-talk that blocks them from achieving what they want in life.

    She has launched the Conscious Leadership Academy in North America, Africa, Asia,

    and Europe and is the founder of the Healing Forest Foundation. She is a channel of Shamanaste, certified rebirther, hypnotherapist, intuitive healer, ordained minister, motivational speaker, and international bestselling author.


    Soul Family - Those that gather around you in your life, not connected by blood or race, but by energy and essence.  They bring unconditional love and support at the perfect times and understand and share the same mission and purpose.


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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/burge.smith 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burgesmith 

    Website: www.essenceofbeing.com | www.theconsciousleadershipacademy.com   

    FREE GIFTS: 

    Affirmations: www.essenceofbeing.com/afp

    Free Leadership Call with CLA: www.essenceofbeing.com/clapreview  


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    Website: https://www.questforpeacepodcast.com 


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    55 min
  • Ep.2 From Challenge to Transformation Finding Peace with Vik Shivdasani

    In this episode, Vik Shivdasani shares his journey of overcoming paralysis after a serious accident at age 22. He struggled with acceptance at first but found transformation through meeting someone who encouraged him to focus on living fully in the present. Vik then discovered manifestation and synchronicity through an experience with Wayne Dyer. He has since become a coach and helps others use techniques like meditation, breathwork and journaling to clear emotional blockages, manage stress, and heal from challenges like relationship issues and past trauma. Vik also discusses an upcoming retreat he is leading in Sedona, Arizona focused on spiritual practices and inner transformation.


    Episode Highlights:

    00:00:07 Transforming life after a paralyzing accident through acceptance and self-discovery. 

    00:04:35 Manifestation and synchronicity with Wayne Dyer. 

    00:09:06 Manifestation and inner work to overcome challenges. 

    00:15:05 Finding peace through meditation and breathwork. 

    00:17:12 Using breathwork to release emotional trauma. 

    00:22:53 Overcoming challenges and finding purpose after a life-altering accident. 

    00:28:47 Relationship issues, healing from past traumas, and finding courage to speak up. 

    00:32:07 Managing stress and anxiety through inner work and energy healing. 

    00:38:10 Healing and spirituality in Sedona, Arizona. 

    00:43:34 Creating a transformative Sedona retreat with meditation, breathwork, healing, journaling, UFO tour, yoga, scenic 


    "If each of us took the responsibility of healing ourselves, that's the way to bring peace in this world." 

    - Saju


    Who is Vik Shivdasani?

    • Vik is an emotional freedom coach, inspirational speaker, best-selling author, and transformational event facilitator.

    • He was paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a third-floor balcony at age 22 in 2006.

    • After initially struggling with acceptance of his disability, Vik found transformation through meeting someone who encouraged him to focus on living fully in the present.

    • He has since become a coach and helps others heal from challenges through techniques like meditation, breathwork, journaling, and energy work.  

    • Vik is the creator of The Ultimate Sedona Retreat, focusing on practices like breathwork and meditation alongside activities like yoga, hiking, and stargazing.

    • He shares his story of overcoming adversity in his book Rolling with It: Lessons Learned While Sitting Down.


    • "I definitely credit my accident in my wheelchair to being able to do what I can do."

      - Vik


      "Life is always showing me ways pathways to do it ways that would just pop up out of nowhere."

      - Vik


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      Vik Shivdasani

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      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollingwithvik 

      Website: https://rollingwithvik.com 

      Website: https://theultimatesedonaretreat.com 


      Quest for Peace 

      Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/questforpeacepodcast

      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/questforpeacepodcast 

      Website: https://www.questforpeacepodcast.com 


      #innerhealing #overcomingadversity #manifestation #synchronicity  #emotionalfreedom #spiritualtransformation #meditation #breathwork #sedonaretreat #questforpeace #questforpeacepodcast #innerharmony #life #challenges #tranquility #chaos #conflict #journey #peaces #innerpeace #outerpeace #innerguide #guide #transformation #expedition #sajuvaswani #saju

      48 min
    • Ep. 1 Gentle Parenting with Matt & Sunaina Marquez

      This episode explores gentle parenting and nonviolent communication through an interview with Matt and Sunaina Marquez, founders of Grow More Joy. They discuss how they use nonviolent communication in their relationship and parenting approach with their 3-year-old daughter. They define gentle parenting as respecting children and connecting with them on a deeper level. They provide examples of responding to a child's emotions through empathy and understanding rather than punishment. The interview also covers topics like celebrating failure, managing tantrums, the importance of self-reflection in parenting, and their vision for a more peaceful world through compassion.

      Episode Highlights:

      00:00:08 Creating peace and happiness in relationships. 

      00:01:53 Nonviolent communication and gentle parenting.

      00:09:29 Gentle parenting to build self-confidence in a child. 

      00:11:26 Parenting and inner child healing.

      00:13:51 Parenting, self-expression, and societal expectations.

      00:16:06 Gentle parenting and self-acceptance.

      00:19:30 Parenting and spreading peace through unconditional love.

      00:24:05 Managing children's emotions and temper tantrums.

      00:29:13 Parenting and emotional regulation.

      00:32:01 Parenting and self-reflection. 

      00:36:54 Gentle parenting, celebrating failure, and self-acceptance.

      00:42:37 Embracing failure and self-acceptance.

      00:45:21 Empathy, compassion, and peaceful communication.

      "I feel that bringing up children in this way will make them as adults, very balanced. And this way of parenting allows them to be who they are, making them more peaceful, loving, and kind as adults." 

      - Saju


      Who is Matt Marquez?

      • Matt is the co-founder of Grow More Joy, a relationship coaching service, along with his wife Sunaina.
      • He runs Grow More Joy full-time and uses nonviolent communication principles in his relationship and parenting.  
      • Matt is the father of a 3-year-old daughter and practices gentle parenting with her.
      • As a parent, Matt values communication, mutual respect, and preparing his daughter for life's challenges through building her self-confidence and emotional regulation skills.
      • He believes parenting involves ongoing self-reflection and improvement to better connect with and support his child.
      • "I want our daughter to feel able to do everything I want her to feel capable of doing, and not have that doubt. And part of that comes, I think, from gentle parenting, in that we are trying to encourage her self confidence, where I encouraged her to be able to ask for help to do all the things that that we want her to be able to do later in life, we have to help her practice it now."

        - Matt


        Who is Sunaina Marquez?

        • Sunaina is the co-founder of Grow More Joy along with her husband Matt.
        • She is a professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
        • Sunaina is also the daughter of the podcast host Saju.
        • She uses nonviolent communication in her relationship with Matt and in her parenting approach with their 3-year-old daughter.  
        • Sunaina strives to see her daughter and others with empathy, understanding their behaviors and meeting their underlying needs through compassionate connection.
        • She believes in honoring her daughter's self-expression and individuality while also examining her own triggers from societal expectations.
        • Sunaina emphasizes the importance of unconditional love and acceptance in parenting to help children develop secure attachments and self-worth.
        • "I have learned that the voice, the words we use to speak to our child become their own inner voice." 

          - Sunaina


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          53 min
        • Welcome to the Quest for Peace Podcast

          Welcome to Quest for Peace, a podcast that explores how we can journey toward inner tranquility in the midst of a chaotic world. In an era filled with uncertainty, conflicts and global challenges, our quest for peace becomes more vital than ever. 

          We will learn from interviews with prominent thought leaders on how to create more peace within ourselves. And, by doing so, how we can contribute to a more peaceful world. The topics we explore together will give listeners hope that transformation is possible and that they are not alone on this journey. 

          So whether you’re seeking solace in the midst of life’s challenges or simply curious about the profound connection between inner and outer peace, the Quest for Peace podcast is your guide on this transformative expedition.

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        About Quest for Peace

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        A Podcast about Navigating Outer Chaos with Inner Harmony