She Rises (The Original)

Happy Spielzeit! With the new school year/opera season upon us, it's time for some new episodes! This is the audio version of this episode--a full video tutorial is also available.

In Episode 97, Dr. François Germain leads us through the text to "Va, laisse couler mes larmes" from Werther, focusing on bright A, a little bit about nasal vowels, and a lot of subtext on this aria. For more information, go to dictionpolice.com

Happy Spielzeit! With the new school year/opera season upon us, it's time for some new episodes!

In Episode 97, Dr. François Germain leads us through the text to "Va, laisse couler mes larmes" from Werther, focusing on bright A, a little bit about nasal vowels, and a lot of subtext on this aria. For more information, go to dictionpolice.com

In this bonus episode titled “Something to think about”, Giovanna shares with listeners various ways you can regain your enthusiasm for life. We often move through the ins and outs of life with very little time to reflect. Reflection enables us to look beyond the noise that fills our day, and see the very things that bring us life, joy, enthusiasm, and gratitude. Giovanna invites listeners to stop what we’re doing and ask ourselves the very questions that center us—are we finding joy in what we do? In our work? In our relationships? Tune-in to find the value of a taking a self-assessment and to hear a few guiding questions that will help you along the way.

Today’s bonus episode is titled “Something to think about”

Sundays for Giovanna

Loves quiet Sundays

Giovanna has just returned from the market and spent time listening to some inspirational podcasts and read some books

She was inspired to reread Paulo Coelho’s Alchemist after listening to his podcast

Everyone has a calling, a purpose and mission

Not all of us may find our true calling

Your mission may be right under your nose and you are just not seeing it

The main purpose of every person is to cultivate love and gratitude

In this fast paced life, we tend to forget that the purpose of any activity is to bring us joy

Are you experiencing joy through your work and relationships?

Use enthusiasm as your compass

Enthusiasm is a spirit-guided feeling

Need to assess whether your enthusiasm for life is intact

Take care of your health

Indulge yourself with some quiet reflection time

Aim to experience moments of gratitude, joy, wonder and inspiration

“Life is a mystery and we can just do the best that we can”

Take a step back and look at what you are creating in your health, relationships and work

Look for avenues that bring you joy and enthusiasm

“Create your own compass”

External factors may bring you “success”, but not necessarily happiness

Avoid inundating yourself with outside noise

A “Digital Sabbath” might be a good idea. Try to minimize the use of technology

Indulge in honest self-assessment and determine whether you feel joy and gratitude every day

Giovanna is off to London for a two-week break

“She Rises” will resume in September

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3 Key Points:

The main purpose of every person is to spread love and gratitude.

Taking a “Digital Sabbath” is a great idea way to center you and give you the time to reflect.

Indulge in an honest self-assessment and look for avenues that bring you joy and gratitude.

Resources Mentioned:

The Alchemist – Authored by Paulo Coelho

She Rises Tribe – Facebook Group

Arielle Ford has spent the past 30 years living and promoting consciousness through all forms of media. She is the author of the international bestseller, THE SOULMATE SECRET: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction. Her book, Turn Your Mate Into Your Soulmate offers a groundbreaking shift in perception showing couples how to have a deeper and more fulfilling relationship. Her latest book is Inkspirations: Love by Design: Coloring the Divine Path to Manifest Your Soulmate the world’s first transformational coloring book.

Arielle has been called “The Cupid of Consciousness” and “The Fairy Godmother of Love.” She lives in La Jolla, CA with her husband and soulmate, Brian Hilliard and their feline friends. Her website www.soulmatesecret.com.

Today’s guest, Arielle Ford, answers the questions that have been troubling couples since the beginning of time: How do you find your soulmate? How do you effectively deal with your differences? Known as the “Cupid of Consciousness” and “The Fairy Godmother of Love”, Arielle shares her relational wisdom with listeners today and gives us insight into her own journey in finding and sustaining love. She’s author of the bestselling book The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of your life with the law of Attraction which provides a step-by-step guide for finding love. Tune-in as Arielle shares various insights which will help you turn your mate into a soulmate.

Arielle has spent the last 30 years living and promoting consciousness

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Finding true love

At the age of 43, Arielle realized that she had spent all her energy towards building her business and ignored her personal life

Arielle applied processes and rituals that had helped her with her love life

Within six months, Arielle met her future husband, Bryan—they have been married for 19 years now

Discovering her lack of partner skills

She quickly figured out that bossing around her alpha-masculine husband was not a good idea

Growing up in a middle-class, dysfunctional family did not help hone her relationship skills either

Committed herself to being a student of love

Our relationship skills or lack of them can be attributed to all the role models in our life

Having proper communication skills is critical for turning your mate into your soul mate

Bryan often complained that Arielle was “not listening” to him

Bryan is the youngest child and has a need to be heard

Arielle is the eldest child and she is a terrible listener

Arielle quickly realized that she had to learn to listen to Bryan

Arielle still has a hard time turning her body to Bryan, looking him in the eye and listening in a proper manner

Come up with creative solutions to iron out your differences

“You can either be right or you can be in a relationship”

Avoid correcting your partner

“It is absolutely normal to have differences in a relationship”

“Every couple has a minimum of 9 irreconcilable differences”

Creative solutions, not compromises, will help you deal with differences

In a compromise, one partner tends to let go, whereas a creative solution is a win-win situation

Arielle favorite line from the A Course in Miracles: “The only thing that can be lacking in a given situation is that which you were not given”

Thinking positively will surely help you find the love of your life

“The only thing that keeps us from getting all the love that we desire is our own limiting beliefs”

Attempt to consciously get rid of negative thoughts

Positive thoughts are much more powerful than negative ones. A few positive thoughts have the power to cancel out hundreds of negative ones

“Be the guardian to the doorway of your mind”

Having firm beliefs about your love life will affect your actions in a positive way

We draw to us the people, places and experiences that match our state of being

Your actions are nothing but a reflection of your beliefs

Having a firm belief that you are connected with your soulmate will prevent you from

Ramona is a 200hr RYT, and teacher of Embodied Energy Medicine. She has studied alternative health and wellness for over 17 years. ​The time is now for all of us to come together, with our hearts ablaze from the inside out. Activating one another to ever greater levels of peace, love, joy, and connection. Having received several light initiations via deep trance meditation and diving deeply into my cellular matrix, I believe we are ready to ignite our inner diamond fires which will assist in creating a ground swell of vibrant love for this planet and each other.

We have come to depend on technology for every aspect of our lives—our social lives, work lives, and day-to-day living involves us plugging into our phones or computers. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of believing we are run by technology, when, in actuality, we still have the power to dictate how and when we employ its use. In today’s episode of She Rises, Giovanna and Ramona Bernardi discuss the importance of replacing media with silence; connecting with one’s self as opposed to connecting to technology. Tune-in to learn why staying in control of technology and its uses gives us the time and space to reflect on the matters within.

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Ramona is Giovanna’s soul sister

This weekend, Giovanna engaged in a media blackout, she silenced all her technology

As soon as Giovanna disconnected, she felt her breath return

She noticed her addiction to food and eating

“Boredom itself is disconnection of source”

How can you be bored if you’re present in the moment?

Giovanna challenged herself to go into the dark for 3 nights

Her inspiration for this came from a conversation with a friend; she wanted to connect herself to God

Giovanna also recognized she had a trigger point in the dark

The first night, Giovanna experienced panic and terror

Her third night was the best night for Giovanna

Boredom is a coping mechanism—it happens when Ramona is not stimulated

“Boredom is just resistance to connecting with yourself”

Try to put yourself in silence for a weekend

Giovanna shares about the book she read, The Power of Receiving

We cannot receiving anything unless we are in a receptive state

The word that came to Giovanna when she meditated was ‘receiving’

Ramona experienced so much transformation in the weeks her mother was away for a trip in Europe

Ramona learned to embrace her inner child and realized she was growing into a mother herself

When her mother returned, Ramona saw that she was becoming more of a woman rather than a child

Gift yourself space and reflection to connect to yourself and see what needs healing

We aren’t taught how to deal with our feelings

We get rewarded for suppressing the feelings

Learn to parent the child within

Ramona shares about the children’s book, How to Love Myself and Others

Fill yourself first, before you give to others

Human beings don’t have the skills to really connect with themselves, especially with all this technology and media around us

Ramona recognized the toxicity of social media in her life, so she disconnected

“It wasn’t an easy transition”

How can you remain IN CONTROL rather than be controlled by what’s around us?

A Course in Miracles teaches us how to pay close attention of when we allow the ego to take control of us

Ramona wants to revive the art of conversation

We’re losing the art of conversation as a human race

Pop culture is and has always been the focus of young adults’ conversations

Giovanna and Ramona miss the freedom of childhood, before the invasion of technology

Resistance to technology vs Bridging the gap with technology

Beyond the benefits of using technology for emergencies, what do we really need our phones for?

Take a breather when you can

Allow yourself to rest – it is YOUR right

Rest is the only way people can recharge to be the light that they are

3 Key Point

Jennifer Racioppi is the founder of the Lunar Logic Revolution, a movement for the modern woman so that she can achieve her dreams in complete alignment with the fullest expression of herself. The Lunar Logic Revolution involves embracing both the spiritual and the scientific—a combination of astrology, intuition, wellness research, and strategic best practices—so that we can emerge from a place of wholeness and steadfast resilience in the face of everything that this crazy magical fast-paced world has in store. Jenn’s methodology helps women access their voice, make sense of their emotions, own their feminine power, and create a foundation of strength and fortitude as they move towards business success, financial empowerment, thriving relationships, and their most significant life goals. In addition to being a sought after astrologer, Jennifer is also a Duke Integrative Medicine Certified Health Coach. She's also studied positive psychology under Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar and Dr. Maria Sirois, as well as women’s health with experts Sara Gottfried and Jessica Drummond.

In this episode of She Rises Podcast, Jennifer Racioppi shares her life story fighting ovarian cancer from a very early age, which resulted in a total hysterectomy in her early 20's. With no cycle or road map to navigate... she turned to the sky! This life threatening experience led her to the discovery of astrology. In this episode,  Jennifer breaks down the fundamental concepts of astrology and how it made her stronger after such a devastating blow to her health. She discusses specifically the different phases of the moon in relationship to a woman’s menstruation and ovulation cycles. Tune-in as Jennifer argues that a basic understanding of these concepts will help women gain incredible insight into the hormonal changes and emotions that occur within their cycles. She shares what it takes, as women, to become intentional creators of our lives and why free will—our thoughts, actions, and habits—are the true, determining factors for our future.

Jennifer’s battle with cancer led to her discovering astrology

Jennifer has an excruciating life story

She was tomboyish as a child and as she entered her teenage years, she had a hard time coping with her menstruation

Her periods were long and painful which led to Jennifer having a dislike for her gender

Doctors failed to recognize that there was something dysfunctional about Jennifer’s body until after graduation, when she suffered from acute pain

It was discovered that there a gigantic tumor in her left ovary and she was diagnosed with stage one ovarian cancer

Integrative medicine was not present in the late 1990’s

Jennifer unfortunately had to undergo a hysterectomy which rendered her infertile and postmenopausal

There was no one there to explain to Jennifer the meaning of menopause

She was just a young girl out of puberty

Jennifer felt deceived since she was saddled with a bunch of issues due to her cancer treatment

Jennifer moved to California in a bid to improve her health

She discovered the phases of the moon during this period of life

Jennifer’s introduction to astrology

Discovering astrology was an intense spiritual experience

She learnt about moon phases from her Ayurveda practitioner who is a Vedic astrologer and a Tarot card reader

Jennifer learned to track time through planetary rhythms

She started making astrological predictions

Astrology taught Jennifer how to manifest and see in the dark

She was opened to “A life of magic”

“Life is about getting stronger”

Jennifer started taking astrology seriously after 2009

She found her true calling and has taken up astrology as a full-time profession

In astrology, there are four elements: earth, air, fire and water

Earth to earth is a manifestation

Fire and water is not an easy combination since two different beings are attempting to cooperate with one another

Complementary signs, like earth and water, are considered good from an astrological point of view

Every sign has a

Money. Whether you like talking about it or hate talking about it, the simple fact is money matters. And it matters most when you’re in over your head in debt, swimming in declined credit cards and past due payments. No one knows the humiliation of having a credit card declined in front of friends and family quite like today’s guest, Kelley Olinger, who made a nasty habit of spending more than she earned (even when she was earning a lot!). Today on the She Rises Podcast, Kelley sits down with Giovanna to take a deep dive into the issue of money, and how budgeting is one of those key life skills rarely taught. They will also cover what it’s like growing up with a scarcity mindset, how people can suddenly become irresponsible with their funds, and how you can start climbing out from the pit of debt by making a few simple lifestyle changes.

Today’s guest is Kelley Olinger

Kelley is the first money guru on the show

Learning the hard way is how Kelley created the passion for what she does now

Started at residential real estate as an independent contractor

Got a mentor to help her with the business

But she didn’t learn how to manage the money she was earning

Overtime, her debt piled up because of credit cards

She couldn’t figure out what went missing and ended up with $77K of consumer debt

There was nothing left for her to borrow and nobody knew what was happening to her

A friend asked her to write on a piece of paper the amount she owed

Her friend, then asked her to write down her expenses

Kelley’s friend tried to help her cut down her expenses

The internal energy Kelley absorbed from her friend’s push helped her forward

Kelley admitted she didn’t know how to manage the money she was earning

She wasn’t a bad person—she just didn’t understand the concept of money

Most schools and households don’t teach their students/kids about money

Always be willing to admit your mistake and ask for help

Giovanna grew up in a scarcity mentality

Her parents were children from the great depression

Their experience made them cautious and fearful about money

Giovanna’s parents always argued about money

It was a toxic environment at home because of money

At 18, Giovanna’s parents went to Italy for vacation

She and her sister stayed at home and they were responsible with the bills

Giovanna saw how much money her father had in his bankbook

She was so angry because of her dad’s behavior of injecting fear of running out of money

Kelley never told her mom what was happening to her because her dad had cancer

Helping people get out of trouble does NOT create resilience

Kelley’s internal energy change played a huge role in helping her get out of debt

She worked 2 jobs – she worked in a development company during the day and worked as a server at night

Transitioning to work as a server made her feel like she failed in real estate

But, she was able to pay off her debts in 1 year and 10 months

In real estate, some of Kelley’s clients won’t let her get too close and some will tell her everything

The closer Kelley gets to her client, the better she can help them

Money needs to be aligned with personal goals

Even vet bills and vacation expenses are overlooked

Plan for the unplanned

When money has a purpose, creating it or finding room for it becomes easier

Trim on the expenses that you don’t really care for

Spend on the things that you really want

People get creative and resourceful when they have a goal to fund

If you don’t have a net, you’re forced to figure it out

Working with couples is absolutely challenging for Kelley

When couples reach out to Kelley, it’s a good sign that they BOTH want to fix something

You have to find out the end goal of the couple—that’s the common denominator where budgeting can start

A lot of people are arbitrarily freaking out about money because they don’t know their end goal

The fear to spend is usually rooted in something

Kelley helps couples build their savings for 1 to 2 months and then use the excess to fund something

Mary Shores is the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar business, one of the most unique collection agencies in the country. Recognized as a leader of innovative thought, Mary has spent over a decade teaching businesses and individuals how to inspire others, create new ways of thinking, identify and achieve their goals, and take action to create truly meaningful results. She is the revolutionary founder of the groundbreaking Conscious Communications system, which produces positive results through positive action. Mary travels across the nation giving lectures and teaching courses, and has been featured on local and national radio and television shows, podcasts, and blogs.

Choice—it’s something many of us forget we have. The choices we make are bricks, bricks that can be used to pave a road heading towards our goals or away from them. But making the right choice isn’t always easy. It takes alignment. It takes affirmation. It requires a willingness to look at situation objectively and say, is this a choice that will cleanse my life or clog it? And no one knows this better than today’s guest, Mary Shores. An author, entrepreneur, and firm believer in the power of positive thinking, get ready to hear Mary discuss the power of gratitude, the danger of disempowering thought, and the concept of cleansing versus clogging.

Mary’s book Conscious Communications is a spiritual journey of self

Mary always wanted to write a book

Prior to publishing her book, Mary was the CEO of a debt collection agency

The question she constantly asked herself: “How am I going to take the spiritual path when my career is in conflict with it?”

Eventually Mary realized she needed to bring her eternal gift to the debt collection’s industry

It started with making people feel good about paying their debt

Mary’s publisher is Hay House

Hay House won’t publish business books so Mary wrote a personal development book

On Mary’s journey to enlightenment, she came to understand a lot of things

The true meaning of alignment: getting your focus, thoughts, feelings, actions and words going in the direction of your goals and dreams

The concept of alignment is very important for Mary

The ‘Power of Now’

The Power of Now is tied to choice

Every choice you make needs to backed by action

Make your choices connect to your dreams

One of the chapter in Mary’s book is “To Cleanse or Clog?—That is the Question”

Cleansing is about connecting to things that are already in your vibrational escrow

Abraham Hicks is famous for his teaching of Law of Attraction where he used term vibrational escrow was used

Mary sees Vibrational Escrow as the bank account for life—everything you ever thought of or experienced is stored there

We connect to our Vibrational Escrow account through alignment, the Power of Wow, and our choices

Mary learned about this idea thanks to Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within

Cleanse or clog will work in every area of your life

Create a connection or drive a disconnection

Before making a choice, ask yourself if it is a cleansing choice or a clogging choice

The 80/20 principle

In a diet, if 80% is cleansing, you still have room for treat once in a while

Make 80% your choices cleansing ones, and you’ll see dramatic changes in your life

Bruce Lipton’s The Honeymoon Effect

Mary has done tons of research in neuroscience

In 1992, Mary’s child was born with severe brain damage

There was no internet then, so Mary had to study about brain science by reading books

Mary believed there a way to heal her child’s brain

We have some neuro pathways in our mind that are created by genetics and some that are created by our experience

Neuroplasticity is the ability to rewire our own brain

Mary has a couple of chapters in her book that are dedicated to rewiring your brain through affirmation

Mary writes new affirmations every day

The power of gratitude also helps in rewiring your brain

Mary has a Facebook group called Declaring Gratitude

People in the group text each oth

In today’s busy world, we rarely find a chance to stop, breathe and reflect on the driving forces in our lives. Are we guided by our ego—the part of our mind that is inclined to fear and doubt? Or are we tapping into our inner place—a place where we find strength, peace, and a wisdom for the day? In today’s episode of She Rises, Giovanna takes us into the journey of discovering our own inner GPS (God Positioning System). When we stop, mediate, and look within; we are able to access our GPS and find exactly what we need for the day. Tune-in to learn the value of quiet meditation, what it means to invite the spirit in, and the impetus to act when we know what it is we ought to do.

Giovanna is a former homeopathic doctor, holistic nutritionist, and alternative, health-care practitioner who is now a transformational life coach for women

The show is dedicated to everyone who seeks to live the best version of themselves

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The topic for today is accessing your inner GPS (God Positioning System)

Put away your distractions—inhale, exhale, and be present

Using breath is one of the most powerful ways to tap into our inner guide

Take deep cleansing breaths and be conscious

Set an intention of what you would like to take on this call

Call your highest guide, your spirit, to guide the way to information

Giovanna meditated several times to reflect on how she could bring information to her audience

The message to create a radio show came back to her several times

This is a part of Giovanna learning to connect with her GPS

We are all familiar with “internal battles” that come from self-doubt when we have to make decisions

There is an inner place of knowing within you, that is there to be your guide

That inner place is waiting for an invitation

The reason why we don’t listen to our intuition is because we let our ego mind interject

Rationalization is great but NOT at the expense of that inner voice

Not listening to our inner voice is one way that we betray ourselves

Many years ago, Giovanna’s spiritual teacher said that the key to hearing is to get quiet

The spirit cannot speak to us if we’re too busy

First thing to practice is finding your quiet time

You can be present in the moment when you connect to your body

Take time and give yourself the moment you need

When your ego is speaking, there will be an emotion attached to it – fear, hesitation, or any emotional charge

When you hear a message that has no emotion, that is just peaceful, it’s your GPS

When you can find a quiet place and time, just say (in your mind or verbally), “I’m inviting you in”

The invitation is like setting the intention

Allow your thoughts to pass through – don’t fight them

“The mind is always thinking”

Our job in meditation is not to stop the thoughts, but to let it pass through us

Check yourself at night and see where you were guided in the day

Making the invitation is NOT enough, you have to jump into faith and trust, and start taking action

Sometimes it takes a long time to find that place of peace

Practice taking action

We don’t realize that faith is a muscle that you have to use and practice

In your morning ritual, remember to take action on what you hear

“You take the step and the bridge will appear”

Faith is acknowledging that you have a guide leading the way

Giovanna is a student of A Course in Miracles

“If you knew who walked with you at all times, you’d never have fear”

GPS Checklist

Get still and quiet – do this at least twice a day

Use your breath and breathing

Make the invitation

Have your pen and paper handy

Keep in mind that you may not get something all the time

There is a big difference when you’re in alignment with your ego and when you’re in alignment with your inner self

When you’re aligned with your ego, you are in fear

Anything that is not of peace, joy or love is the ego

Ego inhabits our stories and belief systems

Without GPS, Ego tends to run our whole life

We are not al

Why do women settle in life, in marriage, in relationships? According to today’s guest, Bernardo Mendez, it’s because they lack a sincere understanding of their worth. There is a temptation to settle for less when you don’t quite know what you, YOURSELF, can bring to the table. Bernardo’s greatest passion in life is to help women find this self-worth and the ways to achieve what they really need from within. Tune-in as Bernardo also shares the role energy plays in relationships, why TODAY is the best time to be a woman, and the 3 ways to finding your true light.

Today’s episode guest is Bernardo Mendez

Relationships are one of Giovanna’s favorite topics

Bernardo stepped into relationship coaching because it’s one area that affects everything else in a person’s life

It impacts how a person shows up

Many people don’t realize that the old paradigm of relationships is not working

Bernardo’s decision to start relationship coaching

When he finally found something powerful that worked for him, he wanted to share it with people in a meaningful way

He started coaching his friends and friends of his friends

Working with women is more exciting and challenging than working with men

He recognized it was an area that makes a difference for him

“The key to fearing out relationships is fearing out yourself”

Bernado finds that one of the biggest reasons why single women don’t find the love they want is because they’re not feeling their sense of worth

Women are sometimes doubtful of what they bring to the table

Giovanna also gets stuck and doubtful in regards to what she brings

Bernardo helps women raise their vibrations to a sense of knowing their worth

There are two levels of worth: questioning if you’re special enough to do things and being the vessel of a light

The purpose of anyone’s gifts and lights is to expand it and share it to other people

When someone can hold you in the light of who you are, eventually you start to believe and see it for yourself

Bernardo’s work is about helping women find the way to meet their needs that fulfills them in the long-term

“‘Void summoning’ literally means that you summon a partner from your void”

If we learn to fill the emptiness in ourselves, we don’t have to take the crap that we’re presented with

What a man really wants is for a woman to bring her light

Giovanna, in the past, felt she had to dim her light

She molded to what she thought people wanted her to be

How you start a relationship is how it’s going to contain you

2 ways to enter a relationship is by entering full OR by entering with a lesser version of yourself

If a man doesn’t want the REAL you, you don’t need him in your life

Let go of that thing that hinders you from getting the best that you deserve

“Expressing your truth is part of getting uncomfortable at the risk of getting rejected for something better”

One goal for adults is to re-parent themselves

The most common form of self-love is self-care

There are times that you just have to say NO

“It’s easy to confuse fear from intuition”

There is a lot of growth from discomfort

“We’re in a culture that recycles relationships”

Figure out what you want, who you must be, how can you step into it, and how you can create fulfilment in the process

If you start a relationship from lack, then that’s what you’ll feel

Right now is the first time in history that women can have it all

“You are not an outcast if you’re not married these days”

Bernardo’s grandma’s job description was do everything her husband wanted and to take care of the household and kids

Before, women serve their husband and family first and themselves, last

Most women prefer to not have to take charge all the time

It’s exhausting for feminine energy to be doing masculine activities

Women who are more masculine attract more feminine men

Masculine, in its truest essence, would be the absence of feeling

The healthy masculine has the ability to stand in his truth and listen to his woman when he needs to

The healthy feminine has th