Sarapy

#24: Welcome back! I'm BACK with an all new episode and an all too familiar promise to be consistent with the pod (but this time I mean it!!). I'm telling you about what I've been up to, harassing you about getting a Capital One Venture X card, spilling the tea about how to sit in better seats than you pay for, and giving you some fire recs! Then, we're getting into it. I'm giving you practical tips on how to lift your spirits and get into a better headspace AKA raise your vibes. I'm telling you why you should pick up the phone even when you're in *that* mood, how an "Affirmations Walk" can change your whole day, and why you should meditate and pray with confidence. It's fun, it's all over the place, it's meant to inspire you and perhaps make you chuckle. It's SARAPY. Hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn <3

RECSSSSSSS

BOOKS

Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta

Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life, Bob Proctor

PODCASTS

Skinny Confidential Interview with Staci Christie

Ed Mylett Show, 10 Lessons I've Learned from my Dog

PLACES

Dope! Asian Street Food (Mt Lookout)

Recs: 17:23

Topic: 23:08

#23: Welcome back! Today we're talking about dharma, or simply put, your soul's passion! There's lots of definitions and ideas surrounding what dharma is and I'm excited to explore a few of them with you today. Mostly, I'm hoping to offer you some questions that will serve as useful tools in helping YOU discover what your dharma is, because we're always happier when we're living with purpose :) I'm also briefly catching you up on my life, offering you some FIRE recs, and giving you a tip you've heard a million times but might need to hear again. I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn <3

BOOK REC

16 Undeniable Laws of Communication, John Maxwell

PODCAST RECS

Rachel Hollis, Jim Kwik Interview

Call Her Daddy, Don't Let Him Waste Your Time Ft. Cierra

Ram Dass Here and Now

#22: Welcome back! After a little hiatus, I’m back and I’m here to stay consistent :) Today we’re talking about the importance of knowing and executing your personal convictions. The topic was inspired by a chapter of a book I’m reading by John Maxwell called “The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication” in which he talks about how defining your convictions help you communicate your messages more confidently. I’m sharing some personal convictions of mine with you and hoping it inspires you to recognize and understand your own! I’m also giving you some FIRE book and podcast recs, and closing the pod with the skin care tip that’s working wonderfully for me! I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn <3

BOOK RECS

The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday

The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication, John Maxwell

PODCAST RECS

The Ed Mylett Show; Revolutionary Secrets to living longer and building muscle w/ Gabrielle Lyon

The Skinny Confidential; Suneel Gupta on Essential Practices for success and joy, how to discover your passion, and personal fulfillment

0:33; Intro

4:57; Recs

11:27 Topic Intro; how conviction impacts your actions, How a lack of purpose and conviction causes a lack of alignment, causes worth dying for

My convictions:

Everyone deserves to be happy

Everybody has the ability to make the world a better place

The world will not know peace until we can all be our authentic selves and it is my job to set that example every day

Entrepreneurship is a state of mind

We can always choose to see the good

Every day is an opportunity to have the best day of your life

Giving is the highest level of living

If you believe you have it, you have it

42:33; Outro: Hot tip!

Welcome back! I'm here with an episode talking all about leadership today, and things that I feel make you a GREAT (not just good!!) leader. We're covering the importance of trying to consider everybody's needs, not being afraid to fail in pursuit of a good cause, being adaptable, empowering others and the cruciality of being well intentioned. But FIRST I'm giving you some quick life updates and some FIRE recs! I'm telling you the songs I've been listening to that have boosted my mood and productivity lately, all about a book that inspired this episode, why I think we should educate ourselves on AI, and about an existing version of Plato's Closet that might actually accept some of your clothes :) I'm tellin stories and singin the Recs Remix. It's silly, it's serious, it's Sarapy. I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn <3

SONG RECS

Never Gonna Let You Down, Colbie Caillat

Beethoven Symphony #3 

BOOK REC

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell

PODCAST RECS

Skinny Confidential, How to Constantly Level up in life ft. Lauryn Evarts Bosstick

The School of Greatness, Is AI a Threat to Human Connection with Simon Sinek

SHOW RECS

Black Mirror (Netflix)

AFV (Hulu)

PLACES

Clothes Mentor

Intro; 1:10

Recs; 7:07

Topic Intro; 27:49

The importance of considering what is best for everyone; 30:55

Not being afraid to fail or look stupid in pursuit of a good cause; 38:52

Leaders are well intentioned and genuinely love people; 46:52

The importance of being adaptable and hungry for knowledge; 58:00

The importance of empowering others; 1:01:44

Welcome back! I'm BACK after a little hiatus with a solo episode that I hope you love. This week on Sarapy, we're talking about getting back on track, which seemed to me like a pretty relevant thing to cover as so many of us travel and experience schedule changes over the summer. Or, maybe you're a little off track even if your schedule hasn't changed (ME, HI) and this episode is still for you :) But FIRST I'm giving you some quick life updates, encouraging you to stop overthinking whether you should compliment someone and just freakin' do it, and providing you some fire recs. We're talking about why roller skating is the best group activity AND I also publicly fail at identifying the various forms of water. It's raw, it's real, it's another episode of Sarapy. I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn <3

RECS

MUSIC

Artist: Connor Price

Song: Not the 1975, Knox

PLACES

The Place Cincy

Onolicious Hawaii

BOOKS

A New Earth, Eckhart Toole

PODCASTS

Ed Mylett: Master the Art of Communication with John Maxwell

Jay Shetty interviews Joe Biden

Intro; 1:06

Recs; 14:25

Topic Intro; 23:44

Creating a schedule and having a plan; 26:10

Incorporating exercise and movement; 32:35

Eliminating negatively mind alternating substances; 39:36

Prioritizing positive social time; 46:24

Remembering your why; 51: 28

Being gracious with yourself; 54:10

Outro; 57:54

Welcome back! I'm back with an episode about a concept I think it's important to visit frequently; REALationships! This episode is all about understanding the difference between relationships rooted in realness and those that are surface level. We're talking about the importance of understanding other people (especially those we have close relationships with), ourselves, and our differences so that we can better assess our relationships and decide which role each should play in our lives. But FIRST! I of course have some life updates AND associated life lessons for you. I'm telling you about how an interesting interaction with a local business's chef made me rethink how I present myself when I don't know whose watching, and how a conducting workshop I played in showed me the value of first impressions. I also have some fire recs that I know you'll love, and some you might roll your eyes at me for. Either way, thanks for tuning in to Sarapy. I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn :) <3

MUSIC RECS

Speak Now, The Queen's Version

Rome Music, Now or Never (MY BAND sorry not sorry for the shameless plug also I'm in the new music video!!)

PODCAST REC

Jay Shetty, Tom Holland Interview

BOOK REC

The Creative Act, Rick Rubin

SHOWS

Dynasty

Intro; 0:32

Recs; 23:43

REALationships & why I chose this topic; 32:22

Question #1 - Can I be myself? 36;40

Question #2 - Is this relationship reciprocal? 41:39

Question #3 - Can we resolve conflict in a healthy way? 48:00

Question #4 - Do they attempt to value the things that I value? 57:07

Question #5 - How do I typically feel after I spend time with them? 1:04:45

Outro and a few parting questions; 1:09:59

Welcome back! HI :) It's been a few weeks since I've released an episode due to my own poor time management but also because I've just been havin' fun living my life, hope you don't mind! Anyway I'm BACK and better than ever with an episode all about morning routines! This topic is really special to me because my morning routine impacts how my entire day goes and consequently how my whole life ends up going. I hope that some of the things I've implemented into my morning routine give you some ideas for yourself. Either way, I think you'll have fun hearing about some of the crazy things I do to get my wheels turning in the morning :) but FIRST I'm giving you some quick life updates (from three weeks ago HAHA I'll have a fresh episode soon), including what I learned from getting pulled over by police twice (!!) in one weekend. I've also got some FIRE recs for you that you don't want to miss. Thanks for tuning in. Thanks for your patience with me. I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and mostly I hope you learn <3

PODCAST RECS

The School of Greatness Bert Kreischer Interview

Ed Mylett, Master the Art of Communication

The School of Greatness Andrew Huberman Interview

BOOK REC

Moonshots by Naveen Jain

SHOW REC

Selling Sunset (netflix)

#17: Welcome back! I'm back with another solo episode to talk you through a topic I've become very passionate about: how to have more confidence! You'll learn all about my history as someone who used to have very low self esteem, to becoming someone that I can happily say has a lot of confidence. BUT FIRST! I'm giving you some life updates and of course some associated life lessons. I'm telling you how playing many many gigs in Cleveland last week taught me to embrace and enjoy the mundane (because when your once dreams become your reality, you risk losing your appreciation for them!) and what I've learned on my tik tok journey. I've also got some brand new, hot-off-the-press FIRE recs for you. I'm giving you lots of advice about how I live my life confidently by acting like I've been there before, eliminating things that promote self consciousness from my life, and becoming so clear on my purpose that confidence becomes a by product. I hope you LOVE this episode. I hope you listen, hope you laugh, and hope you learn <3

EXPERIENTIAL RECS

Cilantro Taqueria (Cle)

Cleveland Botanical Gardens (Cle but also just go support your local garden wherever you are amiright?)

BOOK REC

The Greatness Mindset by Lewis Howes

PODCAST RECS

Match Made in Manhattan

Jay Shetty interview with Joe Dispenza <3

SHOW REC

Outer Banks

Intro; 1:00

Recs; 15:21

Disclaimers: the difference between confidence and arrogance, appreciating your unique abilities; 26:49

My Story: my lack of confidence in high school, how I started thinking everyone thought I was stupid, the impact of spending time with people who don't encourage you to be yourself; 34:04

Philosophy #1: the balance between preparing as well as you can but also embracing the unknowns, acting like you've been there before, and always assuming best case scenario; 41:45

Philosophy #2: surrounding yourself with supportive people, taking inventory of who you're spending time with, and working confident peoples' presence into your life; 50:10

Philosophy #3: knowing where your strengths are, letting your purpose fuel your confidence, dipping your toes into any water where you feel like you can emanate confidence; 57:15

Takeaways: questions to ask yourself to cultivate confidence; 1:04:44

What are 4 things that I know I can do confidently?

Who are the 6 people I spend the most time with and do I feel like I can be true to myself when I'm with them?

What is one thing I would love to be more confident with and what is one daily habit I can form to cultivate it?

Who are 4 people you respect and what qualities do you admire about them?

What are the 4 activities you spend the most time doing and do you even want to have confidence in these areas?

Outro: the hot tip I'm currently testing; 1:17:43

#16: Welcome back! I'm here with another solo episode sharing a little bit about my nutritional journey, how I lost 25 pounds in a very short amount of time (even though weight is JUST A NUMBER THAT DOES NOT MATTER), and why I eat the way I eat today. You'll hear all about the Taco Bell Sarah Era, why I never punish myself for getting off my plan, and how important I believe it is to attach emotional reasons to things you want to get consistent with. I'm also telling you about one of the more embarrassing ways I've lost my car keys, the importance of getting in your element in order to make motion (just like a penguin), and serving you some FIRE recs! I had a lot of fun recording this episode and I really hope you have fun listening to it :)

EXPERIENTIAL RECS:

Seoul Korean BBQ and Hotpot (Cincy)

Sacred Water Kava Bar (Cle)

PODCAST RECS:

The School of Greatness; Lewis Howes and Robert Greene

The Skinny Confidential; Christine Quinn Interview

BOOK REC:

Living Untethered, Michael Singer

SHOW REC:

BEEF

Intro - My metal band status, how to lose your car keys in an interesting way, life lessons from penguins; 1:03

Recs; 16:35

Topic Intro and Disclaimers - why what you weigh doesn't matter, my fast metabolism, my confession of (sadly) not being Andrew Huberman; 28:17

The Story of the Taco Bell Sarah Era, how I started eating paleo, running on an empty stomach; 35:36

My 3 Part Food Philosophy Pt.1 - Eating foods that make me feel like my best self, attaching emotional reasons to your diet goals, and eating so you can contribute positively to everyone around you; 45:50

Pt. 2 - Only going off the plan when YOU want to, why you shouldn't be peer pressured into eating anything ever; 49:36

Pt. 3 - Why I never punish myself (and I don't think you should either), trusting yourself to stay in alignment with your nutritional values; 55:44

Takeaways - testing the waters of Whole 30/Paleo, becoming aware of ingredient labels, attaching your goals to emotional reasons, throwing your FREAKING scale away, having a plan; 1:00:08

Outro - the hot tip my mom will not approve of, my weekly plea to leave me a 5 star review :'); 1:13:44

WELCOME BACK!! I'm so excited to share a brand new solo episode with you on a subject I'm very passionate about - how to minimize negativity in your life and how to have more JOY and positivity! But first I'm catching you up on what's been going on in my life, from my sister's beautiful destination wedding in Cancun to my recent trip to Texas to audition for Rome Music, a pretty incredible metal band based in Houston (I'm a metal girl now :'))! I'm telling you about the conversation with my friends that sparked my interest in podcasting about this topic (shoutout Dua for your insight!) and explaining why I may or may not be considered a delusional optimist. I'm giving you my top tips and tricks on how I keep negativity to a minimum in my life, and gently reminding you of the importance of checking in regularly on your friends. I hope you have as much of a blast listening to this episode as I did recording it. I hope you laugh, and I hope you learn. Also, I copyrighted J. Cole, Mozart, Sia, and Tchaikovsky in the writing of my new intro/outro and I feel great about it. ENJOY! <3

Podcast Recs:

Huberman Lab; How Psilocybin can Rewire Our Brains

On Purpose with Jay Shetty; Naveen Jain interview

Book Recs:

The Power of One More, Ed Mylett

Limitless, Jim Kwik

Intro - Celcius Codependence, my sister's destination wedding, my metal band audition; 1:24

Recs; 14:49

Topic Intro - disclaimers and the convo that got it started: are you a pessimist, realist, optimist, or delusional optimist? 25:20

How we validate others' negativity in an attempt to meet our basic human emotional needs - relatedness, autonomy, and self esteem, why we are scared of being optimistic; 30:57

How we attempt to cure the disease of negativity with short term solutions rather than addressing the root cause, the importance of cultivating the right mindset, the unsustainability of living in "vacation mode" 44:00

Why we are always either improving our mindset or letting it suffer, the importance of not leaving our disposition to chance or circumstances; 51:35

How to fight negativity: morning routines, being the "weirdo", monitoring the impact of the negative people in your life, filling your mind with positivity, affirmations; 56:00

The importance of checking in with your friends regularly; 1:09:20

Outro - the hottest of the hot tips, me harassing you about sharing my podcast :); 1:13:15