See The Upside - Overcoming Obstacles and Doing Life a Little Better Everyday

Michael Johnson is a Spiritual Life Coach and Marconic Energy Healer. In this episode, we get into all kinds of healing modalities including integrating nature into your journey. We go deep into how to explore and find joy throughout the process - really loving the exploration of it all and yourself along the way! And maybe that's really what it's all about!

In the episode we get into: 

• Why intention setting is so important and how to do it
• What "doing the healing work" looks like when integrating nature
• How to sink into what is being asked of you when things get hard
• How to be fully in the moment
• Why getting curious about making mistakes totally changes the energy of learning and growing
• How feeling is the way we heal and why it can't be bypassed 
• How parts of us were created to protect us but often are outdated and no longer serve where were at and how to change those parts
• What is Marconic Energetic Healing? 
• How dancing can be healing

Mentioned in this episode -
Book - The Four Agreements
Book - Power vs Force

Connect with Michael:
Website: https://viriditasenergylc.com/

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Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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Do you know what abundance feels like? Does your dream life feel attainable? What if the way to get there was more about feeling into that space before it even happens? What if that's actually how you MAKE it happen? In this conversation with Lucie Ptasznik, that's exactly what we get into.  Lucie created her own dream life with beautiful confidence, determination, optimism and unwavering belief it was possible - and now she teaches others how to do it too. 

In the episode we get into: 

• How to let go and truly follow your dreams
• What happens when you trust your heart's calling and allow the details to fall into place
• Why getting clear is so important
• How to open up on the how, tapping into creative ways to call in your dreams
• How being in the service of others leads to your purpose, true fulfillment and abundance
• The key to attracting is knowing what you want, not focusing on what you don't 
• How jealousy and envy can provide positive direction
• Why feeling the emotion of living your dreams influences drawing them in
• How to find your peak state to attract abundance and how to stay there
• How to put your order in with the universe and why it's so important to be clear
• Why believing is the catalyst to making all your dreams come true and how to do it

Mentioned in this episode -
The Power of One More by Ed Mylett
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Magic of Believing by 

Connect with Lucie:
Website: https://ultimatesuccessblueprint.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Luciesbubble/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1122152502119884/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachlucielynn/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_3RHHLoipJ1j3mlodoR0Vg

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Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT, helps people recognize the power of communication. In this episode, Dr Heather shares her wisdom about communicating with heart increasing connection, understanding, and the love we give and feel.  

In the episode we get into: 

• How we each function from our own realities
• How to meet someone where they're at, but still stay grounded in yourself
• Where compassion comes into play
• How to respectfully disagree
• Why not allowing our kids to have their real emotions can be damaging
• How to bring our issues to our partner with love
• Why listening doesn't mean we agree 
• What it means to be working towards each other in a relationship
• Why a relationship ending doesn't mean it failed
• How to speak with our hearts and how it changes communication
• How to make room for individual differences in our relationship

Mentioned in this episode -
Book - Kissing the Mirror
Book - Jay Shetty's 8 Rules of Love
Book - The Book of Awakening

Connect with Dr. Heather:
Website: https://www.drheatherbrowne.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087652243855
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.heatherbrowne/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.heatherbrowne
Heather's Book: Speaking with the Heart

Connect with See The Upside:
Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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We all struggle with anger at times, or have someone close to us who does. It can be be difficult to manage, can affect our lives in all kinds of negative ways and just plain doesn't feel good. So what can we do to better manage it? 
Or better yet, stop anger from happening in the first place...

Enter Dr. Mort Orman, who himself struggled with anger for years. As a busy MD he saw first hand the direct effects that anger had on his patients and noticed the terrible ways it was affecting his own life, so he decided to do something about it. 

In this interview Dr. Mort openly shares his own struggles with anger and how it led him to discover the methods that he first applied in his own life and now shares in his books and workshops helping his clients heal and resolve anger for good, completely transforming their lives and totally changing how they feel. 

In the episode we get into: 

• The difference between anger management and anger elimination
• Why the traditional methods of anger management aren't enough
• The questions to ask that will dissolve anger when you feel it
• The two internal things that happen that cause anger within us
• How the lenses that we view things affect the way we experience and react to life
• The "fake news" our brain creates and why it does it
• Why missing information causes anger and how to stop jumping to conclusions
• Why righteousness is often an element in anger and how it provides an adrenaline rush
• The relationship between anger and delivering punishment
• When anger can actually be a good thing
• How our culture supports anger
• How eliminating anger changed Mort's life and how it can change yours
• How modeling anger elimination can help our kids

This episode was so enlightening and really got to the core root of why anger happens. When we understand the source within ourselves, then we can find the path to heal and transform. 

Connect with Dr. Mort:
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/docorman
Free Downloadable Book (Through 4/30/2024) - http://AprilBookOffer.com
Website: https://docorman.com/
The Books

Connect with See The Upside:
Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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Sometimes starting something like meditation can seem overwhelming, or too time consuming. That's where Ann Swanson and mini meditations come in. Life these days is busy, and to fit something else in can feel like a big ask. What if you could do meditations anywhere, anytime? What is those meditations instantly made you feel better? At peace, calm and like the best version of yourself? 
And what if it all felt easy and actually helped you create MORE time in your life? 

That's what Ann's meditation approach is all about. Her beautiful voice alone invoked huge calm and ease, and our conversation dove into allll the objections to meditation and all the questions about how and why it works so well. 

In the episode we get into: 

• How meditation actually creates MORE time
• The science behind yoga and meditation and why they help so much
• Using meditation in everyday life and everywhere you go
• Meditations for stress, sports, relationships, dating, kids, work - anything!
• How to customize what's the best way for you to meditate and what areas it can help you with
• What exactly are mini meditations and why they're so effective
• How the brain's state changes while you're meditating
• Do you need to let go of thoughts in meditation? 

I've been a huge proponent of meditation for a while, but I still learned so much in this conversation! The big take away - make meditation work for you and you always can find a minute or two. Just breathe deep and feel the calm sink in. 

Connect with Ann:
Website: https://www.annswansonwellness.com/
The Books:  - 
Meditation for the Real World 
The Science of Yoga
 

Connect with See The Upside:
Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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Life coach, yoga instructor and all around beautiful and inspiring person, Jane Cebrynski shares all the best ways to navigate change. Jane's coaching style is to approach life like an athlete, but she's also super yogi-zen too. I love this combo and it's so beautifully authentically her. Through this unique intentional, results-oriented style Jane shares her wisdom on navigating change with confidence and grace, but also learning to love the journey to get to where you're going along the way. 

In the episode we get into: 

• How to have goals but also to be present and appreciate the where you are
• How to strive for better while having grace 
• Growth is not about fixing but about expanding and growing
• How getting still can bring forward guidance that you never expected
• How mindfulness brings about transformational change
• What happens when you allow without judgement or attachment to an outcome
• How to honor and live your truth
• How to serve and give from a place of filling ourselves up first so we can show up as the best version of ourselves
• Building resilience with our kids
• The three things you need to know to navigate change
• How our brain shifts when change happens
• Why meditation is so important for transformation
• How are we limiting outcomes by our subconscious beliefs
• How to regulate your nervous system and why it's so important to make good decisions
• Getting on a mission to heal

Change isn't always easy, but it's a constant in life. And with a guide like Jane along with the support and tools she shares,  we can learn to get better at it, and love ourselves along the way. 

Mentioned in this episode -
To Be Magnetic - https://tobemagnetic.com/
Expanded podcast - https://tobemagnetic.com/expanded-podcast
Book - Stillness is the Key
Book - The Power of Full Engagement
Music. - https://music.apple.com/us/search?term=selfish

Connect with Jane:
Website: https://www.empowerforgrowth.com/
Email: [email protected] 

Connect with See The Upside:
Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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In this episode, we totally break with tradition and have shared the raw, unfiltered version with you. When I went back to edit, there was just too much amazing background  conversation that I really wanted to share.

Kimberly Braun had been a guest previously. As a TED X speaker, mystic, teacher, author, former nun, minister, and so much more, we had a heart expanding conversation on episode #66 that ended up talking about her experience with chanting.
I've been curious about chanting for a while and really wanted to go deeper with this, so asked her to come back on the show and share some chants with us.

As we prepared, we ended up talking in beautiful detail  about what the chants mean, the history and origin of each chant and the best way to experience them. 

So not only will you get the opportunity to experience several different kind of chants, but you'll have some further insight into what feelings they may evoke and what the intentions were behind them.

What a beautiful gift for Kimberly to come back and share this with us. I really leaned in to the feelings and experience and loved every minute. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.


Connect with Kimberly:
Website: https://www.kimberlybraun.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybraun09/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberlybraun.ma
Kimberly's Book: Book
Kimberly's Poetry Book: Poetry Book

Connect with See The Upside:
Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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Kimberly Braun is an author, a poet,  TED X speaker,  minister, teacher and a mystic.   She has written a book of beautiful poetry (spoiler alert - she shares one of her poems in our conversation! ) and has also written a book on her years of life in silence as a Carmelite nun. Her energy is so calm and soothing and Kimberly is just filled with wisdom on how to live a more aligned and spiritual life. We talk meditation, religion,  love, intuition, healing and a so much more.  

Just a few of the topics we get into in this episode:

• Why connecting to ourselves is so important
• How having a guide on your healing journey can change everything
• Whya guide can be a powerful mirror to ourselves
• The simple and all accessible thing that dissolves all fear
• Kimberly's experience in a monastery for 10 years chanting for 7 hours per day
• How your intuition guides you even when you don't know how to do something
• How to find faith within religion AND within ourselves
• Co-creating our dreams from a place of trust and allowing
• How to open your heart and mind to creative solutions
• Tapping into our interconnectedness and how it elevates our human experience
• How to get into flow and the structure we have to get us there
• The dance of co creating and how to find the balance between allowing and doing
• How many religious practices are actually spirituality universal and how to integrate practices
• The beautiful balance of giving and receiving

Connect with Kimberly:
Website: https://www.kimberlybraun.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybraun09/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberlybraun.ma
Kimberly's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Naked-Light-Extraordinary-Moment/dp/B0CKCWT2W1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38BP3G5H2LES6&keywords=miracles+in+the+naked+light&qid=1701530637&sprefix=miracles+in+the+naked+light%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1
Kimberly's Poetry Book: https://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Found-Source-Kimberly-Braun/dp/1312216603/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21ENVCWSY288R&keywords=Kimberly+Braun+poems+from+the+source&qid=1701530727&s=audible&sprefix=kimberly+braun+poems+from+the+sourc%2Caudible%2C131&sr=1-1

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From the moment I met Damla, she exuded a real calming energy. And that's exactly what she does. She work to create calm, peace and healing though energetic work including inner child exploration, journaling and crystal connecting. 
In our interview we touch on many ways to heal and connect with our souls, exploring the idea that our wounds are not here to make our lives painful, but rather to show us our light, to lead us directly to our highest and truest potential. 

In the episode we get into: 

• Getting beyond living through out minds and bodies
• Tapping into our energetic being
• How crisis can be a calling to guide us to exactly where we need to heal
• How to be proactive in our energetic wellness rather than waiting for rock bottoms
• Our inner child an energetic being to connect with
• Past life and ancestral patterns and wounds and how to heal them
• How our wounds manifest in the body 
• Why it's important to first connect with your inner child before getting into healing 
• Why our wounds are our gifts and our entrypoint into our true potential
• How our children are specially designed to heal us rather than us healing them
• Why it's so important we each need to have the dignity and growth opportunity to heal our own wounds
• Journaling as a spiritual practice and a connection to your soul 
• Connecting with crystals in your healing practice

I had always worked under the assumption that healing is a practice or a way to get rid of trauma or pain. This interview really opened me up to the concept of full acceptance of ourselves and the understanding that it ALL is showing us our light. What a magical and revolutionary lens through which to view life.  

Connect with Damla:
Website: https://adropofom.com/
A Drop of Om Podcast: https://programs.adropofom.com/podcast
Free Resources: https://programs.adropofom.com/free-healing-resources

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As a people pleaser, I know how complicated it is. It feels like it's part of who we are and how we like to give and show up for others. But when can it be not so good for us, or even not so good for those that we care most about? When does it get unhealthy, inauthentic, and maybe even keep us stuck and unhappy in ways? 
In this interview with Amy Smith Green - who is amazing - we discuss WHY we people please, how to feel into when it's not serving you, beginning to notice when you do it, how to shift so that you can operate from your highest, best version of yourself and feel deeper calm, happiness AND connection. 

In the episode we get into: 

• Why we feel like it's more important to make others happy over ourselves
• How to communicate your truth with grace and kindness 
• How to balance your wishes for your kids with allowing them to be their authentic unique selves
• Why it's important to become comfortable being a disappointment
• The big connection between worthiness and speaking our truth
• Why we feel safe with the people who set boundaries
• Where emotional intelligence fits in with people pleasing 
• How our emotions are messengers telling us important information, but isn't a reflection of our worthiness
• Why it's so important to give the people we love the opportunity to be what we need by communicating honestly
• Why delivery of your message is the key to getting what you want
• Why fear responses don't work and why we do them
• How to use vulnerability to set the energetic tone in conflict
• Why conversational consent (timing!) can totally change a difficult convo
• How to teach your kids it's ok to express anger in safe and appropriate ways
• Why the container of how you hold a high conflict topic is crucial to having a healthy and respectful conversation

SO many of us fall back on people pleasing and there are times when it feels good and works! But there are also times when we may want to look at giving ourselves permission to be honest and real, and by doing so, we're creating much deeper and more meaningful connection. 
A lot to think about and so much to open up to!

Connect with Amy:
Website: https://amygreensmith.com/
Retreat Info: https://amygreensmith.com/worthy
Free Downloads: https://amygreensmith.com/free/
Podcast: https://amygreensmith.com/podcast/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/heyamygreensmith

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Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
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