Sexy Spirituality

Sexy Spirituality podcast Episode 4:

Learning to Listen to Your Intuition

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Kimjera: Fall is keeping us busy: Homecoming dress shopping, flag football practice, a new business opportunity.

Lezli: I love fall! I love the cooler weather and crisp air.

Lezli Goodwin: "Learning to Listen to Your Intuition"

• So many people go through life waiting for a sign, so they can be sure that they're doing the right thing.
• I believe that flash of intuition, that sudden sense of knowingness that comes from nowhere, IS that sign.
• Ernest Holmes said that the highest God and the Innermost God are One God, so that inner knowingness is literally the voice of God in us.
• But we doubt it! We question it! We think it's crazy.
• That initial impulse is almost always right. We need to learn to listen.

Roundtable with Kimjera Whittington & Sonia Byrne

• Kimjera: My dad used tot ell me that when I listen to that voice, it's not always right but when I don't listen, I for sure am wrong. It's not a guarantee. We have to take int hat information and decide that we want to do with it.
• It invites you to use your discernment, while treating that internal awareness as information worth being considered.
• Sonia: Do you have different sensory locations for different kinds of intuitive understanding? Logical knowing in the head, emotional knowing in the chest. For Lezli (and probably only Lezli), the rear end when encountering a moment of inspiration.
• Kimjera: I don't always feel like I'm getting along with my intuition. I hear it, but I don't want to listen. Sometimes I just don't want to follow what it's telling me.
• Sonia: I definitely think intuition grows with life experience. Being able to tell which is intuition, versus what is the next good idea.
• Lezli: For me, intuition is always life-affirming and always expansive.
• Sonia: In business or consulting, sometimes my intuition is best in the long run but it may not feel immediately life affirming because it requires change.
• Kimjera: YES! Sometimes in business you have to help clients see how to be in alignment, and it can be a bit more complicated. But it generally works out. It's getting easier as businesses are opening to ideas like mindfulness and conscious leadership.
• Sonia: As I get older, I can just relax. There's a whole lot less angst.
• Learning what we personally need to do to deepen our own connection to intuition is key -- silence, meditation, prayer, whatever we personally need.

Quote of the Episode

"It;s essential to remember that 'highest and best' does not mean you're going to like it or it's going to be easy."

Lezli

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Kimjera

I've just signed with Luminary Speakers, a speaking agent, and will be working with businesses and organizations who are ready to expand and thrive. You can find all the details to book me as a keynote speaker at www.LuminarySpeakers.com and www.kimjerawhittington.com

Sonia

I have a Spiritual Entrepreneur program starting this Thursday. That's ten modules over ten months for spiritual community leaders. Class begins September 27 and meets online via Zoom technology. Your can learn more and register at www.soniabyrne.com or reach me by email at [email protected]

Lezli

Sonia and I have teamed to create a class called "Business and Branding: a Spiritual Entrepreneurship Program for Practitioners." Beginning this Wednesday, September 26, via the power of Zoom, we'll be exploring the tools and concepts that can help you shine your light more brightly into the world. Learn more at www.soniabyrne.com or reach out directly at [email protected]

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Our next episode is "Music Changes Everything"

Sexy Spirituality podcast Episode 3:

Redefine Success and Thrive

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Kimjera: Excited that we came up with this idea a couple of weeks ago and it's today's topic!

Sonia: Helping clients through this back to school period

Lezli: Our youngest child just left for college!

Kimjera Whittington "Redefine Success and Thrive"

• The word success means so many things to different people. We can think of creating wealth, making money, chasing the white picket fence & looking like we have it all.
• So many belief systems can get wrapped into what it is to be successful.
• We can choose to redefine how we look at success.
• Success can mean being a kind person, taking care of ourselves and others, making a difference.
• Definition: "Accomplishment of an aim or purpose"
• It's important that our definition of success reflects our values

Roundtable with Lezli Goodwin & Sonia Byrne

• There is a transition between the old definition and the new definition, and it can be a pivot point.
• A big part of that redefinition is a mindfulness about what matters to you as an individual.
• "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it." ~Maya Angelou
• For some people, abundance isn't particularly important, which is okay. For others, it really is, and that's okay. That's part of redefining success to reflect what is important to you.
• Another definition, "attainment of popularity or profit"
• Popularity is a perspective. We never know what's really going on inside other people.
• The judgement of people looking from the outside and from their own definition of success can put a lot of pressure on people.
• The feeling of dissatisfaction in one's own life can come from buying into other peoples' definitions of success.
• Opening up to our own ideas, goals and what we really want, we are so much more empowered. It means resisting what we "should" do, so we aren't out of alignment with our true calling or trying to be something that we're not.
• It's okay to say "no thank you" to something that doesn't fit your definition of success, even if other people can't understand why.
• Hopefully, as we get older, we care a little less what other people think.
• The myth of The Hustle can pull people into that old way of thinking, implies that there's not enough for everybody. It's lack consciousness.
• As co-hosts, we're redefining success around being a stay-at-home mom, health, and career stability. This idea of redefining success hits every area of life.
• Anchoring into redefining success requires us to learn who we really are by tuning into our intuition, which is the topic of our next show.

Quote of the Episode

"I love abundance. Bring it on! I just want it to come because I'm doing what I'm passionate about, not just because I'm chasing money." Lezli

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Kimjera

On my website, I launched a Strategy Session for people who own their own business or are looking to start their own business. FOr just $1.00, you do a 30-40 minute session with me and walk away with a Business Blueprint. You can find all the details at www.kimjerawhittington.com

Sonia

I have a Spiritual Entrepreneur program starting in a few weeks. That's ten modules over ten months for spiritual community leaders. Class begins September 27 and meets online via Zoom technology. Your can learn more and register at www.soniabyrne.com or reach me by email at [email protected]

Lezli

I have an offer that leans into my social media marketing coaching side. If you'd like to learn to make wonderful, professional graphics and marketing materials for you business, "Yes You Canva" teaches you step-by-step! Using the very inexpensive tool, Canva.com, you can make custom graphics for social media, flyers, newsletters and more. This is a video-based class, so you can take it at your own pace. Learn more and register at www.lezligoodwin.com.

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Be sure to subscribe at www.SexySpiritualityPodcast.com

Our next episode is "Learning to Listen to Your Intuition"

Sexy Spirituality podcast Episode 2:

Speaking to Your Ego: Friend or Foe?

Sonia Byrne

• The term ego comes from the work of pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud. The ego was considered a mediator between the id (pure desire) and the super-ego (the moral part of the self).
• When we speak in common language about ego, we're more likely to be speaking of someone who is boastful or conceited.
• The ego gets a bad rap for two reasons. First, it's used to put people down. It can be used in a judgmental way, as in, "He's being egotistcal."
• Secondly, we're being egotistical when we talk about ourselves a lot, creating an unbalanced conversation.
• The ego can be our friend, because it is the place of recognizing and celebrating the great things about ourselves.

Roundtable with Lezli Goodwin & Kimjera Whittington

• It can be interesting trying to strike a balance between knowing and claiming our worth but not sliding into the part of the ego that is fear-based.
• It can create a sense of shame when we feel like we shouldn't get too big for our britches, and that can force us into going to one extreme or the other: total humility or egotistical.
• It's all about perspective! We can lean into the strength of the ego to help us be brave enough to step into new things (like putting this podcast out!) as opposed to using the ego to shield ourselves from something we are afraid is wrong with us, to pretend to be something that we're not or to put down others so we can feel bigger.
• We need to have a value check-in, because we know when we are using that ego to diminish someone else to make ourselves feel better. It's not pretty, but it's real!
• Ego challenges can show up when we are taking on new roles, like stepping away from a job to be a stay-at-home mom or starting a new business. It can be bruising when we don't always feel like we're doing a great job.
• It's helpful to be conscious and question why we are feeling how we are feeling. Are we reacting to a wounded ego? Just knowing what's going on can save us so much heartache.
• Fear of the ego can keep us from celebrating our accomplishments, like promotions at work, because we don't want to seem boastful or egotistical. But it's important to celebrate our successes as well as those of others.
• We hold ourselves back and play small, but it doesn't serve us or the people around us.
• As women, it's an extra challenge to develop those leadership skills and willingness to own our worth without tipping over to the place where we are judging or diminishing others.
• An essential piece of this is allowing people, even our children, to define success for themselves. It's a protection against that need to tip into the negative part of ego and helps us to keep it postive.

Quote of the Episode

"We play small in order to help people not feel small, but the truth is if we life ourselves up and we act in our wholeness and in our perfection of who we are -- even in the workplace -- then what we actually create is an opportunity for other people to then do the same in their lives." Kimjera

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Kimjera

I just launched an Entrepreneur Business Coaching Program. If you're a female entrepreneur and you're ready to take your passion and turn it into a viable six-figure income, I want to support you in making your dream a reality! You can find all the details at www.kimjerawhittington.com

Sonia

I have created a class called "Business and Branding: A Spiritual Entrepreneurship Program for Practitioner Success" with Lezli. This six-module course will help spiritual practitioners learn the business and marketing skills needed to shine their light more brightly into the world. Class starts September 27 and meets online via Zoom technology. Your can learn more and register at www.soniabyrne.com

Lezli

I'm offering an online class to help people to deepen into their prayer life. "Transform Your Life with Affirmative Prayer" has something for you, whether you are brand new to affirmative prayer or you are a practitioner looking to strengthen your prayer skills. This is a video-based class, so you can take it at your own pace. Learn more and register at www.lezligoodwin.com.

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Thank you for tuning in to Sexy Spirituality!

Share your thoughts at [email protected]

Be sure to subscribe at www.SexySpiritualityPodcast.com

Our next episode is "Redefine Success and Thrive!"

Sexy Spirituality podcast Episode 1:

What is Sexy Spirituality?

Lezli Goodwin

• Sexy spirituality is about blending spirituality with every part of life, even the messy stuff, to create an integrated life.
• Sexy stuff is the interesting stuff that people want to talk about, and spirituality IS interesting!

Kimjera Whittington

• Sexy spirituality is about gaining confidence. Confidence is sexy and powerful, and too many of us lack it.
• It's about claiming that inner badass within. When we're in touch with it, we show up in our business and life authentically and powerfully.

Sonia Byrne

• Sexy spirituality shows up in the workplace as "mindfulness", "conscious leadership", "compassionate communication" and "collaborative communication." People aren't always overt about their workplace spirituality, but it is there more and more.
• The definition of sexy includes the words desirable, exciting and appealing. There is a growing desire for business and leadership to come from this place of confidence and consciousness.

Roundtable

• What can somebody do when they feel that their job is requiring them to behave in a way that feels less than spiritual? Spend some time in self-awareness activities like meditation, counseling or with a coach. Figure out what your highest values are, and then strategize how to bring those authentic qualities into your work role. When deeper issues or limiting beliefs come up, they can then be addressed.
• We come into work (and every environment) with hidden beliefs from when we were children, and can find ourselves recreating roles that leave us feeling small or fearful.
• People in the workplace are bringing in addiction, grief, family challenges and other difficulties that color how they show up. Part of sexy spirituality in the workplace is creating a space where people can be their authentic selves even at work.
• It's important to redefine success to mean excelling in the areas and qualities YOU think are important, not what everyone else thinks matters.
• Choosing compassion when encountering people who are struggling, whether they share their struggle or not, is a huge part of integrated spirituality.
• When we center into our spiritual values throughout the day, we are able to be Love wherever we are and whatever we are doing.

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Kimjera

A brand new limited time offer of a free 30 minute coaching strategy session to get to know one another and help you thrive! Sign up and find other free goodies at www.kimjerawhittington.com

Sonia

Spiritual Entrepreneurship Program for Spiritual Leaders, launching September 27 via Zoom. In 10 monthly modules, we'll cover conscious conflict, strategic planning, viewing our congregant as a client and other things that help community leaders succeed in a spiritual environment. Learn more and register at www.soniabyrne.com

Lezli

I'm teaming with Sonia to offer Business & Branding: a Spiritual Entrepreneurship Program for Practitioner Success. This 6 module class will give Practitioners the business and marketing tools they need to shine their light more brightly out into the world. Launching September 26 via Zoom technology, you can learn more and register at www.soniabyrne.com. You can learn more about all of my classes and programs at www.lezligoodwin.com

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Share your thoughts at [email protected]

Be sure to subscribe at www.SexySpiritualityPodcast.com