Self-Aware Millennial

In this episode, I talk about how important anti-racism work is to your self-awareness practice, as well as share an interview I did with Adria DeCorte on her podcast, Unforgettable.

To access my ever-growing Google doc with anti-racist resources, follow me on Instagram @dancingpinkwitch, or use this link: https://rb.gy/beghnc

In this week's episode, I share an interview I did with my relationship coach, Keith Paolino, for a program called Group Think. This is one of the BEST recorded conversations I've had about relationships, and the turnout to the panel was AWESOME. People responded really well, so I highly recommend listening to this.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, I'm sharing their show notes below so you have everything you need to navigate this super robust and important show:

Welcome to the third episode of the Group Think ATX podcast! Our topic for today's conversation is RELATIONSHIPS with special guests Liv Hadden and Keith Paolino. Together we explore what connections with other humans mean to us. Although this conversation was recorded pre-COVID19 the themes are not only relevant but emphasized by our shared experience of social distancing. This conversation is facilitated by Madeline Krebs and Maggie Burke with intro, edits, and illustration is by Katie Rose Gurkin.

If you want to learn more about Group Think ATX, Global Shapers, or our special guests (Liv and Keith) please follow the links below:

Group Think ATX: https://www.facebook.com/GroupThinkATX/

Global Shapers Austin: http://www.austinshapers.com/

Self Aware Millennial (Liv Hadden's podcast and project): https://selfawaremillennial.com/

Illustration by Katie Rose Gurkin: https://katieroseshow.myportfolio.com/

Music by Will Patterson https://www.hightidepost.com/

Group Think Fargo: http://www.groupthinkfargo.com/

“We cannot live for ourselves alone.” - Herman Melville

In this episode, I interview COO of Discover Praxis, Mitchell Earl, about his journey away from the traditional "go to college, get a degree, get a job" path and became an entrepreneur so he could build the life he wanted.

Mitchell is COO of Discover Praxis – a startup bootcamp and job placement program for entrepreneurial young professionals who want more than college. He's the author of Don’t Do Stuff You Hate and frequently writes about how to navigate life and careers. He's radical about creating a better future and helping others do the same. Follow him on Twitter for more: @mitchell_earl.

Enjoy his story and take inspiration in all the fucking possibilities you have access to!

In this week's episode, I interview the amazing Taraleigh Weathers about how she teaches people to integrate the magic of live music into their daily lives. This is easily one of the most fun interviews I've done because of her energy and because we talk about one of my favorite topics: psychedelics!

If you'd like to connect with Taraleigh, here's her info:

• Become a Healthy Prankster on Rocking Life’s Patron: http://www.patreon.com/rockinglifeonline
• Website rockinglife.com
• Instagram @rockinglife__
• Book on Amazon: How to Rock Your Life: Maintain the Magic of Live Music in Your Everyday Experience
• Retreat center thiswonderfulplace.com 

In this week's episode, I talk to my cousin, Anna, about her coming out journey, why I really got divorced, and why your sexuality is a crucial part of your self-awareness journey.

Mentioned on the show:

• Find Anna on Instagram @porcupanna
• Listen to the Savage Lovecast
• Read The Ethical Slut
• Book a call with Liv's astrologist, Kay Taylor

Note: PLEASE stay safe and sane right now. As best you can, abide by COVID-19 quarantine rules. The sooner we get with the program, the sooner things will go back to something closer to "normal."

Right now, we have an unprecedented global slow down. For the first time in recent history, the ENTIRE world is not only asking you to stay home, it's actually enforcing it.

For many of us, this is causing internal panic about SO. MANY. THINGS!

I'm here to encourage and quite frankly challenge you to step outside your patterns of anxiety, scarcity, and panic in this uncertainty and lean into the power of pausing.

As entrepreneur and speaker KC Baker says, "The slower you go, the more you feel."

You have an opportunity right now to stop numbing out and FEEL the things you've been avoiding so you can learn more about yourself, deepen your understanding of what you want and desire, and actually take steps to build the life you want.

Listen to this episode to gain perspective into how this fucked up time can be a gift, and how to take advantage of the power available to you in slowing down and pausing.

In this episode, I chat with my friends/family about the importance of the people you surround yourself with, and how they can either help or hinder your personal growth.

With COVID-19 quarantines and other craziness, the importance of community and connection beyond convenience is more important than ever. The ways in which our culture lacks a community-minded perspective have become extremely obvious.

Think about it: if people had been following precautions and taking care of their health BEFORE this all blew up, when the virus was still out east, we might not even need to be taking such drastic measures now. Instead, people who were privileged enough to assume their health wouldn't be affected continued to travel, not wash their hands, expose themselves to the compromised, and eventually hoard resources (unnecessarily - what's with the toilet paper? COVID doesn't make you shit your pants, people!).

When you choose to spend time with people who care more about their own personal gain and only focus on what's "directly" affecting them, you lose out on the opportunity to build relationships with people who will champion you and hold space for you to become your best self.

Self-awareness practices REQUIRE you understand your impact in a community setting, so use some of this to listen to this episode and evaluate your community, your role in it, and whether or not your relationships lift you up or keep you stuck.

In this episode, I share a practice from my book, Get Your Joy On, that can get you out of negative thought patterns and crappy moods quickly: the Gratitude Game!

There is no better medicine than gratitude. Giving thanks is infinitely transformative. If someone would give me a pulpit and bullhorn to scream, “EXPRESS MORE GRATITUDE; IT IS YOUR SALVATION,” on a street corner, I would do it.

To be clear, gratitude is different from saying, “Thank you” as a compulsion to conditioned politeness. Gratitude is a consciousness, just like joy. As with so many of our states of being, we don’t express it. We feel it a little instead of participating fully in that consciousness and move on.

Ugh. Writing that hurt me. I used to do it all the time. I still do it sometimes. It’s a bummer every single missed opportunity.

Gratitude is beautiful for so many reasons. Perhaps my favorite is that it not only fills you up, it fills up the people you express it to. When you tell me how appreciative you are of the beautiful way your best friend showed up in your time of need, I feel good. Goodness is contagious; I love it when you feel loved because it reminds me there are good people in the world.

Let’s play the Gratitude Game. If you want to get to joy quickly, this is your opportunity.

In this episode, I interview author, Jacqueline Cripps, about her book Smashed Avocado and the Quarter Life Crisis: A Millennial Survival Guide as well as her work professionally as an organizational consultant who seeks to help organizations learn how to work with the millennial generation instead of against it.

Jacqueline is an author, speaker, and mentor. Working nationally and internationally, she works with business owners and organizations to strengthen their existing teams by analyzing the generational differences in the environment so team members can work together more seamlessly – overall strengthening the business’s overall bottom-line.

You can find her online at jacquelinecripps.com and follow her on Instagram @jacquelinecripps.

Listen to this episode for a sparkling conversation about the unique opportunities we have as millennials to build awareness in a way that can change not only our lives but the future of how humans work, think, and grow.

How many times have you told yourself, "One day, my life will _______"? And how often is that blank filled with the things you most deeply desire for your life? The things that you know you want but for some reason secretly believe you'll never have?

The "One Day" Myth is this idea we've all tacitly bought into that our lives can and will only feel the way we want them to in some far-off distant future when we've finally:

• lost the weight
• gotten the promotion
• found the time
• gotten married
• had a kid
• moved away
• gotten out of debt

...or whatever else we think is between us and the life we want to live. In this episode, I discuss what the "One Day" Myth is, how it's showing up in my life, and what I'm doing to change that narrative so I live the life I DESIRE and DESERVE right fucking NOW.