Starting With Gratitude

"Human design helps us get back to our energy," explains our special guest, Human Design Expert, Leah McCloud. What is human design? Who is human design for? What are the essentials when reading a human design chart? How does it help us manifest our dreams? And why does it return us to our (true) energy? These are all questions we answer in this episode and more!

For Leah, human design found her and when it did, she found her true Self. In addition to expanding on human design, we also expand on finding your true Self through human design as human design shows you your energetic blueprint. We expand on what happens when you begin to explore and discover your true Self and the way life will tend to simultaneously fall apart as it falls together. This is a clear, concise conversation on human design and inspiring conversation on returning back home to your Self (which leads to dreams coming true). 

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This episode is everything you need to know about Saturn Return, which is a deeply transformative experience we all grow through. While our returning guest, Afro-Indigenous Medicine Woman and Spiritual Teacher, Réyel Byrd, is commencing her Saturn Return on March 07, 2023 - ya girl, your host, is ending her Saturn Return.

In this conversation, Réyel shares her wisdom through her knowledge and insights, and I share my wisdom through my recent experience in my Saturn Return. We define what Saturn Return is, as well as expand on the overall energy of Saturn. We also expand on the many life-changing themes that our Saturn Return brings, such as initiating into adulthood/womanhood, developing a spiritual foundation, aligning with your purpose, having integrity, trusting your intuition, and more.

Whether you're entering or exiting your Saturn Return (or are simply curious about it), this episode is especially for you. (I honestly wish I had this episode to listen to before I entered my Saturn Return!)

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Being in transition is hard. Owning your passions is hard. Becoming a mom... is hard. But just because it's hard, doesn't mean you're incapable. Just because it's hard, doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. Just because it's hard, doesn't mean you should give up. In this conversation with Founder of By Way of Us, Sarah Kim, we expand on various seasons of life that feel hard and how to navigate these hard seasons.

We expand on the seasons where we know what we're being pulled from but don't yet know what we're being pulled towards. We expand on the seasons where we've let go of a past version of our Self and our life but haven't fully stepped into our renewed Self and life. We also expand on the seasons where we not only have fully stepped into our renewal but owned it. We touch on being true to your Self, the importance of vulnerability, and gaining a newfound confidence.

If you're in transition, in any way, this conversation is especially for you!

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Over the course of the past year, I have been deepening and developing relationships that feel like answered prayers (and they totally are). It's no coincidence that the year I begin to manifest healthy relationships in my life that are good for my mind, body, and Spirit, followed the couple of years I spent turning inward. Though I still have so much to learn about healthy relationships and about my own Self, I've gotten to a point where I feel confident enough to have this conversation with you about attracting the healthy relationships you deeply desire and deserve.

In this episode, I share my reflections and realizations regarding manifesting healthy relationships. I also share a bit about my past relationships and why it's important we observe those. Other topics I touch on in this conversation include: inner-child healing, feeling grateful for unhealthy relationships, subconscious programming and conditioning, shadow work, turning inward, feeling overwhelmed, being patient, and more! There are some affirmations for you in the end, too.

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An alchemist is someone who can transform any normally disempowering experience into an empowering one. An alchemist is someone who sees the medicine and the message in any mess. An alchemist is someone who doesn't run from the shadow and instead welcomes it, understands it, and loves it into light. This conversation is all about being an alchemist, and our guest, Crystal Streets, openly shares her personal stories with us that exemplify the magic and miracle of alchemy.

Crystal Streets is an energetic alchemist, intuitive fine jeweler, healer, channel, ceremonialist, cosmic guide, breathwork facilitator, and spiritual coach. One of her past selves was a celebrity stylist for clients such as Jay-Z and Rihanna, which we touch on in this conversation and expand on knowing when it's time to close a chapter of your life and the journey of moving forward into a new one. You can follow Crystal on Instagram here and explore her offerings/jewelry here.

If you're desiring to feel more empowered in life, if you're in the midst of a deeply healing and spiritual journey, if you're practicing surrendering to change, this conversation is especially for you. We also touch on making ego-based decisions, being in and out of alignment, reprogramming the subconscious, breaking generational cycles, fearing the unknown, transformative motherhood and more!

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Some are for discipline. Other are against discipline. And for a while, I wasn't sure whether I was for it or against it but I've come to the clarity that I am absolutely for it. I not only believe that a successful life is a disciplined life but I believe that discipline is a part of nature, and if nature weren't disciplined, all of life would cease to exist! 

Also, what if I told you that you are disciplined? Everyday, you are disciplined. You are actually really good at being disciplined. The focus then, really, isn't how to become a disciplined person but to be consciously aware of and intentional about how you're disciplined and what you're being disciplined for. 

In this conversation, I share my personal reflections and realizations regarding discipline. We also expand on the benefits of discipline. My intention with this episode is to shift your perspective on discipline and gift you a deeper understanding!

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When life gets tough, most of the time, people just want easy answers. So they seek for answers outside of themselves - online, in relationships, at work. And while some external findings do bring forth temporary clarity, it's never the clarity that brings forth long-lasting results. The answers most of us are seeking are answers that are only found when we stop searching outside of us and turn inward.

Two years living as a sannyasin (yogic monk) at an ashram and eight years fully immersed in a guru-based, Tantric Yogic tradition, Hilary Jackendoff ultimately came to the realization that she would never find the freedom she was seeking if she kept searching outside of her Self. In this conversation, we expand on the journey of turning inward and learning how to be (as well as the importance of being) our own teacher.

Hilary is an Ashram-trained Yoga Nidra and Meditation Teacher, Teacher Trainer, and Human Design Reader. You can explore her services here and follow her on Instagram here.

Other topics we touch on in this conversation include (but are not limited to):

• seeking your purpose
• reclaiming your power
• honoring your energy
• suffering in life
• practicing self-acceptance
• practicing letting go
• the importance of rest and relaxation
• yoga nidra
• human design

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I wasn't planning on publishing an episode specifically about 2023 but I had a change of mind, as I felt called and inspired to record a conversation we can all return to through the year and replay when we feel the need to be gently reminded and encouraged that this year is our year - regardless of external circumstances, current situations, and/or if expectations are being met. 

Many people have expressed that they feel "this year is MY year" and it truly feels that way. 2023 feels like a year where it all begins to make sense, where the rewards are rewarded, where the fruit begins to bear. And I'd love for us to remain in this feeling, in this energy. 

This episode is spoken from the heart and is full of affirmations.

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Getting to the point where you can say you are grateful for your mental illness is a journey and in this conversation, we explore that journey with Mishko. With the help of their mom leading the way, Mishko received the diagnosis' of bipolar disorder, adhd, and anxiety and has felt that since gaining this self-awareness, they've been able to alchemize their darkness into light in ways they hadn't been able to before.

Mishko is a trendsetting Artist, Designer, and Typography Experimentalist who has worked with HBO's Euphoria, Calvin Klein, Cardi B x Instagram, and more.  Their designs often touch on emotional wellness and encourage self-acceptance. You may follow Mishko on Instagram here and explore their work here.

Within exploring the journey to expressing gratitude for their mental illness, Mishko and I touch on topics including getting treatment, learning from darkness, using design as a tool for change, freelancing, psychedelics, enlightenment, spirituality and more!

If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States. Talk to someone now. Click here for global suicide hotline resources.

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One of the most important perspectives I gained in regards to "starting over" and pivoting in life is that... when we intuitively feel called to start over and pivot, it's a sign that we've completed a cycle and it's time to move onto a new one. This perspective of completion gifted me a sense of wholeness, which encouraged me to move onward and upward.

I write "starting over" in quotations because I, personally, don't believe we're ever really starting over. I believe we're always starting over with experience and experience doesn't leave us empty handed in our endings and beginnings. I expand on this in this episode and I also expand on the various types of pivots I've experienced in the past couple of years, why fearing pivoting is rooted in lack and limitation, the weight of resistance leading to surrender, and more! I also offer some reflectional prompts and affirmations.

"At the end of the day, when all is said and done, if you want to grow and expand into your higher potentials, you have to allow your Self to start over. You have to allow your Self to pivot. You will only grow more burdened and confined when you resist your renewal. And you are so worthy of experiencing your higher potentials, in every aspect of your life."

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