Rosie Acosta has studied yoga and mindfulness for more than 20 years, and has been a teacher for over a decade. She hosts a weekly conversational wellness podcast called Radically Loved. She's travelled all over the world leading workshops, retreats and yoga teacher trainings. Rosie works with a wide range of students from those in her East Los Angeles community to Olympic athletes, NFL champions, NBA All Stars and veterans of war. She's a first generation Mexican American, and her mission is to help others overcome adversity and experience radical love. She has been featured by Yoga Journal, Well and Good, Forbes + The New York Post.

You Are Radically Loved: A Healing Journey to Self-Love is Rosie Acosta's story of how she used her trauma as an opportunity for radical self-love. This book offers hope, healing, and a new way of loving yourself (even if you feel like you have nothing to give.) Rosie tells her own story of shattering the cycle of abandonment, abuse and silence she grew up in...and how her own healing journey led her to finding peace, joy and freedom in herself, which she now wants to share with you.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

• [01:35] All about Rosie Acosta
• [03:13] Rosie's program and a personal invitation to connect.
• [04:32] How to radicalize the coaching industry
• [06:51] The meaning of radical and why radically loved
• [09:47] Rosie's foundation
• [15:00] Things that led Rosie to radical love journey
• [19:40] Putting the work to allow the prayers of others come true
• [23:25] The purpose of invitation throughout out You Are Radically Loved: A Healing Journey to Self-Love book
• [25:19] Rosie's s relationship with her body and the dissociation
• [32:14] Rosie's grateful and humbling moments
• [34:57] Why Rosie would wish to thank her kindergarten teacher
• [37:25] Rosie's commitment, opening and what is making her feel new and excited during the book writing
• [38:06] The writing process
• [43:03] Where you can get a copy of You Are Radically Loved: A Healing Journey to Self-Love

Quotes:

• "We are radically loved by God source, higher power, whatever your belief system is that the universe works for us, not against us." [07:48]
• "Bad things happen to bad people. And so, I had this cognitive dissonance that if that is the case, then why do bad things keep happening to really good people." [11:33]
• "One of your the big parts of your story is your own relationship with Self and how that manifested through your body and your self concept." [24:56]
• "I didn't have a great relationship to my body, I had a tenuous relationship with my body at best, it was a vessel, it was a meat sack." [25:19]
• "I would have some of my girlfriends would say, oh, if it doesn't hurt, it's not worth it." [27:45]
• "Books are my most favorite thing to give to people and my most favorite thing to receive." [41:48]

Links Mentioned:

• To schedule call: https://evoution.com/
• To purchase the book: https://bookshop.org/

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Connect with Rosie Acosta:

• Website: https://www.radicallyloved.com/about
• Instagram: @rosieacosta
• Twitter: @RosieAcosta
• LinkedIn: Rosie Acosta

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• Email us at: [email protected]

Resources

Amber's books: Paddle Home

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Rosie Acosta Book: You Are Radically Loved: A Healing Journey to Self-Love