Sol Rising

Have you been on a healing journey for a while and still feel like something is missing? Are you still struggling after years of working on yourself? Perhaps it's because you've been treating only one part of the problem instead of all the parts.

Join Amanda and Hope Pedraza, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Reiki Practitioner, Human Design guide, NLP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist for a fascinating conversation where they uncover the secret to experience whole healing: treating all parts of you—body, mind, and spirit—simultaneously with energy healing, rewiring neural pathways, and nutrition. They also spend a significant amount of time talking about hormones and your innate power to balance them.

Other key points to listen for include:

• What presents on the surface (overweight, depressed, tired) are symptoms of the root cause. You will never truly heal until you address the root cause.
• 5 things to limit in your diet to reduce inflammation.
• The concept of cycle-syncing—knowing which phase of your menstrual cycle you are in and living in accordance with your natural cadence to maximize productivity and creativity.
• Hormone imbalance happens when we are pushing ourselves to do things the body is not aligned with. This creates stress. Cortisol is released, adrenals become overworked, and hormones become unbalanced.
• Listening to your body and honoring what it needs at certain times of the month is the first step to balancing hormones.
• The minerals you need in your food and supplements to support a healthy body.
• Where to get protein if you are interested in a vegetarian or vegan diet.
• What Human Design is and how to utilize it to break subconscious patterns and optimize your life-force energy.
• The importance of rewiring and regulating the nervous system to allow for a new pattern in thinking.

Hope Pedraza is also the founder of inBalance, a Pilates based fitness franchise and the host of the Hopeful and Wholesome podcast. She helps female entrepreneurs and leaders heal chronic symptoms, optimizing their energy and wellness with functional labs, Human Design, subconscious reprogramming and energetics so they can thrive and create more impact in their business and in life.

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How do you keep an open heart after heartbreak, grief, trauma, and other painful experiences knowing that more pain is on the way? How do we love others fully and completely and lay bare the most vulnerable parts of ourselves knowing that loss is inevitable?

Ginny and Amanda divulge their own difficulty with this topic, especially Amanda, calling it the "bane of her existence!" The ladies talk openly and candidly about their own experiences with shutting down after traumatic loss and provide excellent tools for you to practice while moving through your own fear of future loss.

Other conversation includes:

• Connection is the cure for grief, addiction, and other difficult trials of life.
• Brene Brown's concept "foreboding joy," the definition of it and what happens when we do not allow ourselves to feel joy because we are in fear it will end.
• Fear of loss is rooted in childhood through emotional abandonment, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to never feel that again.
• Even though abandonment is something many of us are afraid of, we push people away due to an inability to be emotionally intimate with others (a protection method we used in childhood to keep us safe).
• It's selfish to keep ourselves in this fear, thereby, inhibiting true connection and love with those who love us.
• The solution is meeting, knowing, and loving ourselves unconditionally through connecting with source energy (God, Spirit, Universe) so we know deep in our heart we are never truly alone.
• Limiting our dreams and wishes by throwing up roadblocks and other self-sabotaging behaviors because we are afraid of rejection (aka loss).
• Breathwork to calm and reset the nervous system as a pathway to reducing stress accompanied by fear of loss.

Related links

Breathwork 1

Breathwork 2

Rats & Connection Study

RFK Recovering America: A Film About Healing Our Addiction Crisis

Johann Hari Ted Talk About Connection

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We all know about "good vibes." But what are they really? How do we access them? And why is it imperative to tune into these vibrations right now?

Join Ginny and Amanda and their guest, Vicki Somoya, MFA, in an enlightening and informative conversation about what high frequency energy is, how to tap into it, and how to transmute your energy to align with these good vibes. Most importantly, learn how to use this empowered state of unconditional love, compassion, and forgiveness to assist the spiritual ascension taking place on the planet.

Listen for key points like:

• How to use breathwork and meditation to access and embody high frequency energy and upgrade your DNA.
• Christ is in all of us (aka Christ Consciousness), the importance of embracing this fact, and why this concept is muted in mainstream religion.
• The necessity of treating trauma with both cognitive and experiential practices in order to reach the highest state of compassion possible.
• The positive effect of regulating the nervous system (rewiring neural pathways) with somatic work in conjunction with acknowledging and healing deeply rooted emotional pain.
• The paradigm shift we are experiencing in terms of understanding what humans are and what we are doing here.
• Polarity is not real, everything is part of the One, and the importance of bringing all pieces of life into coherence.
• Stepping into our power comes with intentional blocks by lower energy and how to sidestep these blocks.
• High vibe eating, including how to program the water you drink.
• And so much more!

Listen for Vicki's beautiful prayer, "Prayer for Paradise on Earth" as well as affirmations to claim your power.

Vicki Somoya, MFA in Dance and Somatics, works with quantum light technology and movement to treat trauma by reprogramming the nervous system. She is a YTT 200 hr Kundalini Yoga trauma-informed facilitator, combining her training in movement with prayer, breathwork, and consciousness practices to assist humans to re-attune their bodies, minds & souls to the new higher frequencies of God Source Love, Compassion, Joy & Light.

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Fear. The tiny 4-letter word that runs your emotional show! Fear underpins all anxiety, resentment, and painful relationships that make your life difficult. Can we really rid ourselves of it? Is being completely "fearless" attainable? For most of us, this natural human instinct is here to stay (on some level), so how can we use it as a messenger, showing us where to lean in and grow.

This episode is packed with tips and tools for becoming aware of when and how fear is driving you and suggestions for how to step into it (scared, not fearless!) and emerge from it transformed. Learn the value of exposing fear with the intention of transmuting it into an energy that no longer hinders, but transforms you into the highest version of yourself, which is love.

Key conversations to listen for include:

• The topic of death and how to accept the reality that everyone dies, and how to put this universal fear in perspective
• How to recognize fear and use it as a tool to set boundaries
• We cannot let fear consume us, rather we need to acknowledge it, heal it, and move through it with the intention to be love
• Ginny and Amanda's greatest fears and how they manage them by seeking the real fear under the surface fear
• Calming fear by asking yourself: What if the story I'm telling myself is not true?
• Using a frame of reference to show yourself how you walked through fear before and most likely came out the other side wiser and stronger
• How being of service naturally eliminates fear
• Fear is ALWAYS under anger, and how to get honest about what's really going on
• Becoming aware of how the news uses fear as a tactic to divide us and keep us out of our power
• And more!

Stick around till the end to hear one of the best suggestions of the show!

Books mentioned are:

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky

Anna, The Grandmother of Jesus by Claire Heartsong

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

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Have you suffered traumatic loss and are trying to make sense of how and why it happened? Are you seeking a spiritual and practical pathway to move forward? One filled with curiosity as well as grace.

Join Amanda and Nina Rodriguez, founder and host of the Grief and Life Podcast, in a heartfelt, introspective conversation around the questions that come up about our internal experience with loss and how this seeking provides a path forward full of grace, purpose, and a new perspective on what's actually going on beyond the veil.

A few points they touch on include:

• Broken heart syndrome, known as Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. A physical condition that can reshape segments of your heart as a result of profound and intense grief.
• Normalizing feelings of grief that can make you feel like you're going crazy.
• How we are moving FORWARD not moving ON.
• The necessity to show yourself grace and how to practice grace in action.
• The importance of rituals as we move through the grief process.
• The different ways in which people show their support for the bereaved which may look different than the ways you would show support.
• How a deep spiritual connection within and with the other side emerged for both Amanda and Nina after the loss of their brothers.
• And much more!

The book Nina refers to is Embraced by the Light, by Betty J. Eadie.

More about Nina

Nina created her podcast after the unexpected loss of her only sibling, Yosef, as an authentic exploration of grief and life after loss. Through each conversation, she aims to give a voice to the griever's experience, and foster a more grief-informed, hopeful world. Beyond the podcast, Nina extends her grief-informed support through monthly circles, personalized mentorship, speaking engagements, active presence on social media, and forthcoming in-person retreats.

Find Nina on Instagram. Check out the work she does on her website.

Listen to the Grief and Light Podcast on Apple and Spotify.

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How do you know if you are being authentic? What does it feel like to show up as your true self in all situations regardless of the risk of being judged or losing a relationship? And have you explored your authenticity through the lens of your internal emotional response rather than how you present to the world?

Amanda & Ginny take the authenticity conversation to a much deeper level, beyond your outward expression of self and into what it means to be true to your heart. They also explore:

• Tools for stepping into your authenticity and maintaining it, such as consciously and consistently checking motives for your behavior.
• How to change your conditioned response to things when feeling misaligned.
• The moment you suddenly realize you don't have to work so hard at being authentic because you finally are authentic.
• Authenticity may feel strange at first because you aren't used to it.
• Changing "the dance moves" in a relationship, and how the other person may try different ways to keep dancing the way they are used to because its familiar to them.
• Why we stay in unhealthy relationships even though they are painful.
• Unlearning old programming to embrace the real you.
• The importance of being mindful of how you truly feel in situations instead of reacting out of muscle memory.
• And so much more!

Books mentioned in this show are:

The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie

The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner, Ph. D.

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How do you define self-care? Many of us know it goes beyond a girls night out or a spa day. Many of us also know self-care involves boundary setting, or not being a people-pleaser. But have you considered self-care in terms of the choices you make and how the ramifications of that choice affect you? Or the resentment you may hold against yourself for making that choice.

Join Amanda and her guest, Marsha C., Spiritual Midwife and host of Her Sacred Soul Space Podcast, for a next-level discussion on the inconspicuous ways we choose to show ourselves love through self-care, as well as the ways in which we unconsciously choose to hurt ourselves because our self-worth is suffering.

We also talk about:

• Loving all the parts of you, not just the ones you judge as good
• The importance of a holistic self-care perspective
• How self-resentment can show us how to make a better decision the next time because we are more aligned with our truth
• Reaching the place where we truly want to take care of ourselves and the small ways we do that (which are not really small at all!).
• Marsha's shroom journey and how she healed her inner child
• How self-worth is a prerequisite for self-care

Marsha helps women who are in their birthing season, especially those who are breast cancer survivors and have a hard time accepting their new normal. She teaches them how to spiritually reconnect with themselves so they can have a soul-centered (mind, body, spirit) transformation. Marsha uses several wellness methodologies garnered during her personal journey with breast cancer to help women discover and birth their purpose.

The book Marsha talks about is called The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn.

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What do you think of when you hear the word grief? The death of a loved one, a pet, a divorce? Grief manifests in so many ways other than death, such as moving, your children's stages of development, losing a friendship or a wish about how you want something to be. And have you considered why it's so hard to let go, even of the things we know are not good for us?

Join Amanda & Ginny as they journey into all things grief. Understand how to spot it and move through it in a way that serves your personal development.

Other ideas they unpack are:

• The biggest form of loss we do not recognize as loss is change...any change, good or "bad."
• The importance of recognizing and processing smaller, daily losses so your pain doesn't come out sideways and hurt others.
• Loss is just as much a part of life as love and if we cannot embrace feelings of loss and grief, we cannot embrace feelings of love and joy.
• Authenticity, and following your soul calling, can be difficult because we fear a lack of approval or acceptance, which brings feeling of loss.
• Being okay if someone chooses to withhold their love from you because you've made a decision they don't agree with.
• Honoring all the parts of us, especially the dark parts, as a pathway forward through grief.
• Resistance to loss happens because it reminds us of childhood emotional abandonment.
• And so much more!

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Have you been in recovery, or working on emotional or spiritual growth for a while, and feel stuck? How do you navigate the inevitable highs and lows, the ebb and flow, of life in general? Do you think that just because you are not where you "should" be, that you are doing something wrong?

Andrea Ashley is the host & producer of the top-rated podcast Adult Child, a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family. She and Amanda talk all things emotional sobriety in this info-packed episode, including:

• Embracing a life of recovery, which includes moments of growth as well as weeks or months of feeling stuck
• Understanding that what may feel like regression is still growth
• How to work with your inner child to heal old stories that drive depression and other emotional pain
• A desire to go to deeper levels of healing in recovery aside from just not drinking
• Breaking out of the loop of negative excitement
• Identifying what a shame hit looks like
• How to balance self-compassion with holding ourselves accountable
• How to express how you are feeling instead of placing a judgment
• How our phones are ruining our lives!

Hold on to your hats, friends. You're in for a treat! About Andrea In 2018, with 9 years of sobriety, Andrea plummeted to an all-time emotional low after years of toxic romantic relationships. Through this pain, she came to terms with the true impact of her childhood and learned that she was an Adult Child. She started her podcast in March 2021. Listen here: https://www.adultchildpodcast.com/podcast In addition to the podcast, Andrea offers a private virtual healing community to hundreds of members across the world who need a safe space to heal. With live support groups, discussion boards, and resources at their fingertips, she empowers them to create authentic connections and friendships based on the shared experience of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Check it out at https://theshitshow.mn.co You can also find Andrea on IG at https://www.instagram.com/adultchildpod/

Link mentioned in show:

The ACA Laundry List: 14 Traits of an Adult Child: https://adultchildren.org/literature/laundry-list

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Have you ever felt overwhelmed or intimidated by the idea of meditation? What aspects of it are challenging to you? Do you think meditation is only for those with a specific mindset or spiritual practice?

Ginny and Amanda discuss the mental, emotional, and physical benefits of meditation, address common misconceptions which hold people back from meditating, and guide you through various types of meditation in this inspirational and informative show!

They talk about:

• An amazing study by the David Lynch Foundation conducted in inner city schools that proved meditation works to lower rates of violence, increase attendance rates, and raise GPA's. Link below.
• Physical benefits of meditation including lowering levels of stress, inflammation, and blood pressure as well as enhancing concentration.
• Different practices such as transcendental, contemplative, and Metta meditation.
• The mantra Amanda uses (and millions of other people) during Metta meditation that puts her in a state of oneness with herself and every living thing on Earth.
• Meditation as a tool to tap into your higher consciousness and find your purpose.
• Amanda's personal meditation practice including a grounding technique, an original prayer (patched together from various sources), cord cutting, and chakra clearing.
• The importance of breathwork and the science of engaging the vagus nerve to bring a sense of calm.
• An inner child meditation to bring you to a state of self-love and self-worth.
• And much more!

CORRECTION: The neurotransmitter that activates the calm response when engaging the vagus nerve is acetylcholine...not acetylcholide.

Links mentioned in show:

The David Lynch Foundation study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWTF1SA7OVU

Amanda's website to receive her monthly newsletter soon to include meditations, as well as to receive her free guide, "5 Principles to Be All In" https://www.amandamckoyflanagan.com/

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