Starting With Gratitude

🎙️"I know what's ahead of me is much bigger than what's in front of me." - Savannah Britt

We can all agree that the past couple of years have shifted the way we respond to life and have gotten us reflecting on how we are choosing to live it. For Savannah Britt, Founder of The Brittprint Agency, this year has left her feeling proud of herself for growing through the highs and the lows. At a spiritual level, this year has ascended Savannah's overall wellness to new heights from transitioning into a plant-based diet to no longer drinking alcohol to journaling her thoughts to embracing her own company and beyond.

Growing up in an environment that prioritized health and self-betterment, Savannah's understanding of energy and growth has impacted her success. Not only professionally but in believing in herself and knowing that ultimately what's for her won't miss her, she has been able to confidently confront her past, let go of what's not in alignment, and listen to her instincts. 

Topics we touch on in this episode include:

• overall mental wellbeing
• social media and relationships
• moving to Africa
• being overseas during COVID
• how living abroad changes you
• expanding your perspective(s)
• growing up in a healthy, supportive environment
• dating in this day and age
• benefits of meditation
• the importance of shadow-work
• setting boundaries with work
• being positive

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:01 Starting with Gratitude
1:35 Mental Wellbeing
6:36 Relationship with Social Media
12:40 The Secluded Life
16:17 Moving To Africa
22:15 Expanding Your Perspective
24:20 Going Plant-based
26:36 New Lifestyle Practices
30:57 Life after COVID
33:33 Meditation
36:16 Journey of Self Betterment
38:11 A Healthy Environment
41:10 Protecting Your Energy
43:27 Dating Life
46:28 "Walk Carefully Amongst The Dead"
48:37 Listening To Your Instincts
50:31 Confronting Our Shadows
53:14 What's Important

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🎙️"I think one reason why we are so fearful of feeling our emotions is because we fear that we are going to become them." - Jocelyn

What if we could feel our emotions without becoming them? Well, we can. We don't have to become what we feel. We can simply feel what we feel and acknowledge that what we are feeling is an experience, not an identity. 

In our last one-on-one conversation where I expressed my gratitude for allowing myself to feel my emotions, I touched on how grateful I am to respond to my emotions the way I do. In this episode, I expand on that a bit more and share a recent experience I had where I got triggered by a show and found myself getting consumed by my emotions, which then manifested into getting consumed by my thoughts. I share what I changed when I caught myself getting consumed and overpowered and why it's important that we shift our response when we catch ourselves experiencing our emotions in this way. 

We can have a healthy relationship with our feelings. There is a way for us to feel without those feelings becoming all of what and who we are. There is a way for us to fearlessly welcome our emotions, knowing they have something important to express. 

The main topics I touch on in this episode include:

• responding to triggers in a healthy way
• crying is an energetic and physical release your body asks you for
• asking ourselves what we identify with and why
• denying how we feel and accepting how we feel
• getting overpowered by our emotions and consumed by our thoughts
• witnessing your life experiences rather than becoming them
• the power of awareness
• gifting ourselves grace

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:26 I've Been Emotional Lately
3:54 Crying After Years Of Not Crying
7:50 Assessing What We Identify With
11:57 I Got Triggered The Other Day
13:30 Moments Of Denying Feelings
14:53 Getting Consumed
15:22 Taking The Seat Of The Observer
19:55 Awareness Is Powerful
20:40 What's Important?
21:43 My Emotion Is My Friend
22:38 This Is A Practice

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🎙️"[Imposter syndrome] literally blinds you from all the greatness that you are and that you're capable of." - Jennifer Torres

Trying new things may have you questioning yourself, it may trigger imposter syndrome, and it may test your confidence but it also may surprise you in ways that uplift your spirit. We are worthy of allowing ourselves to try new things, to test new grounds, and to see what we're capable of outside of our comfort zone.

Not only is Jennifer Torres, a model expanding her creative limits, trying new things but she's also found herself in the midst of confronting hard truths and leaning into her healing. She's practicing trusting herself as she sheds who she is no longer and explores who she is becoming. 

In this episode, we remain rooted in the acknowledgement that trying your best is something to be grateful for and much of who and what we intend to become in life takes consistent practice - may it be practicing being confident, practicing better communication, or practicing a new career. We expand on Jennifer's current season in life where she is both healing and becoming.

Topics we touch on in this episode include:

• believing in and trusting yourself
• not allowing imposter syndrome to stop you
• being grateful for trying your best
• letting go of the old you
• dating water signs
• healing codependency and learning attachment styles
• getting better at communicating
• becoming more aware of your mental health
• coming back to yourself
• practicing being in the present moment
• understanding that life is all a practice
• how friendships can be healing

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:22 I Am Grateful
2:30 Current Season Of Life
5:03 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
9:20 Shedding The Old Version Of You
10:46 Confidence & Being A Model
14:10 Coming Full Circle
15:28 Confronting Hard Truths
18:57 Leading Up To Healing
26:23 Relationships
27:53 Understanding Love
35:45 Being Present
40:06 Grounding Practices
45:39 Coming Back To Self
48:06 Overcoming Hard Times

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🎙️"You choosing to suppress an emotion is actually you choosing to hold onto it." - Jocelyn

It truly is so wild how we as a collective have created the response to suppress our emotions - for generations - thinking that suppressing our emotions make them go away. This could not be more wrong. As quoted above, us choosing to suppress our emotions is us choosing to keep them. When we suppress them, they don't disappear - they become blocked in our system and cause dysfunction in our lives.

We are emotional bodies! When we  have an unhealthy relationship with our emotions and the way in which we respond to them, we manifest an unhealthy body. Emotions are energy in motion. We must allow them to flow.

This episode was definitely channeled by the divine and just felt like what I was/am meant to speak on at this time. I hope those of you who tune in feel seen and inspired by what I share. May this lead you towards a healthier relationship with your emotions.

The main topics I touch on in this episode include:

• the importance of allowing yourself to feel
• why suppressing our emotions causes dysfunction
• mind, body, spirit are all interconnected
• being in a toxic relationship that manifested emotional suppression and sickness
• why our emotions are a gift

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:45 Seeing Emotions As A Gift
3:48 Not Allowing Myself To Feel Does Me A Disservice
5:11 Suppressing Our Emotions
8:46 My Personal Experience With Emotional Suppression
14:56 All In All...

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🎙️"Anything is attainable and I think... that has been my biggest realization." - Brittany Chavez

So much can change in one year, especially if you're investing in your healing and coming into your spirituality. You can find yourself in the depths of shadow work and heartache, releasing old paradigms and outdated relationships, and a year later be living in a whole new city announcing very exciting news of your VC funded e-commerce business.

Brittany Chavez, founder of the one day going public Shop Latinx, is now invested by her dream investors (Charles Hudson and Arlan Hamilton) and has raised $1 million. From one quarter to another, Shop Latinx has seen a 226 percent sales increase. Of course, years of strong conviction and her belief in Self has contributed to this manifested success but it was only just a year ago that Brittany began consciously and intentionally healing and spiritually awakening.

In this episode, we get inspired by the stories and reflections Brittany vulnerably and honestly shares with us about this past year she experienced. We learn about her lessons learned, her spiritual practices, how her healing has contributed goodness to her role as CEO, and more!

The main topics we touch on in this episode include:

• the power of shifting your perspective
• becoming more confident after healing
• the heartache of shadow work
• law of attraction
• learning to trust yourself
• being a mindful leader and manager
• letting go of relationships as you evolve
• trauma bonding and codependency
• leaning into the spiritual path and exploring practices
• moving away from home
• getting better at being disciplined

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
5:00 Starting With Gratitude
5:53 Lessons From The Past
10:58 Trauma Bonding
14:45 Coming Into Spirituality
21:36 Moving To Portland
29:02 Season Of Confidence
32:25 Words To Past-Self
37:50 Healing Impacting Business
43:45 Spiritual Practice
49:25 Favorite Self-Realization
55:04 A Strong Conviction

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🎙️ "Thank you for seeing the God in me." - Jocelyn

This is my last week being twenty-seven and I am making sure to express my gratitude and transition out of this year intentionally because this was a year I will forever look back on with awe. Twenty-seven is the most healing and awakening year of my life and that is all due to how my twenty-seven year old self allowed herself to experience it.

In this episode, I am sharing my gratitude, some brief thoughts, and an excerpt of my journal entry. Cheers to all of you who resonate with this episode! Thank you for investing in yourself and your healing.

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🎙️"Once you move past the fear of vulnerability... it's gorgeous." - Junae Brown

Junae Brown's expression of gratitude for the power of forgiveness and self-awareness led to  an episode on acknowledging both sides of every story, on acknowledging that we are all human, and (ultimately) on acknowledging the importance of acknowledging. We are all healing from something and we all require different needs to progress our healing journey, so how do we navigate this world of much needed healing? How do we maintain a healthy Self and healthy relationships?

It's important to note that you show up as your best Self when you prioritize showing up for your Self, when you prioritize being curious about yourself with the intention to gain Self-awareness. The first step towards any kind of growth... is awareness. Junae and I expand on this, as well as the importance of celebrating the seemingly simplicity of awareness - amongst other important topics revolving mindfulness of this human experience.

Junae Brown is the "Beyoncé of Marketing". She is the Founder of Browned 2 Perfection, which is a creative marketing and events company that helps clients establish brand DNA and tap into their true target audience. You can follow Junae for marketing tips and inspirational Tweets here.

Some of the main topics we touch on in this episode include:

• the power of forgiveness
• the importance of self-forgiveness
• how self-awareness helps every aspect of your life
• being curious about your way of being
• leadership and wellness
• acknowledging feelings
• apology languages are worth learning about like love languages
• being solution-oriented
• how the relationships around us matter
• allowing yourself to be cared for
• marketing wellness

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:09 Starting With Gratitude
8:08 The Power Of Forgiveness
12:52 Self-Forgiveness
16:45 Self-Awareness
17:20 "Breaking A Dish"
22:40 Going To Talk Therapy
25:35 Curiosity About Self
28:50 Forgiving Self For Being Human
31:48 Being A Leader
38:14 Acknowledging The Hurt
39:06 Apology Languages
40:05 Moving Forward
41:11 Solution-Oriented People
45:10 The Relationships Around Us Matter
50:40 Caring For Others And Being Cared For
55:34 Expressing Your Feelings
1:01:20 Marketing Wellness
1:03:52 Compassion And Progress

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🎙️ "The way that someone is able to show up for others is a reflection of the way that they are able to show up for themselves." - Jocelyn

Let's express gratitude for the awareness of what a safe space looks and feels like, as well as the capacity to hold space space for self and others. The topic of safe spaces has come up for me frequently recently and I thought of how impactful it would be if each and every single one of us sincerely felt like we had a safe space to turn to in our lives. So, let's talk about what a safe space is, why they're healing, and how we can begin to cultivate more of them!

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:12 Starting with Gratitude
3:12 Holding Space In Friendships
5:10 My Safe Space Feels Like...
6:10 Showing Up For Self
7:29 Defining A Safe Space
10:18 A Time Where I Needed A Safe Space
16:09 Reflectional Prompts
19:25 Where I First Experienced "A Safe Space" Community
23:47 Shout Outs

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🎙️"...falling in love with the concept of trusting the unknown is really making life exciting right now." - Laura Grant

There are three healing and awakening truths that really came into the forefront of my journey this past year and are highlighted in this episode: one, healing our relationships with our parents is important, two, looking at your relationships through the lens of mirror reflections is enlightening, and three, acknowledging we all have both masculine and feminine energies within us is necessary for our ascension.

Aligning with Laura Grant's work during my twin flame journey and my spiritual awakening this past year was an alignment I needed to affirm I was on the right path, specifically by deciding to turn inward. In this conversation, we are going in-depth on what both wounded and healthy masculine and feminine energies look like, as well as what it looks like to balance these energies and how it impacts the world around us. This is a MUST LISTEN episode for anyone curious about these energies and/or about the twin flame union.

Laura Grant is a Masculine and Feminine Energy Teacher and Intuitive Coach providing relationship and purpose guidance. You may learn more about Laura here.

Some of the main topics we touch on in this episode include:

• balancing the masculine and feminine energy within us
• the twin flame journey, union, and significance
• healing codependency and awakening interdependent relationships
• acknowledging the link between woundedness and child development
• seeing the blueprint of our karmic cycles and ancestral loops within us
• seeing our personal journey reflect in the collective journey

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:48 Starting with Gratitude
6:16 Getting to Know Laura
9:48 Child Development & Adulthood
13:35 Healing The Wounded Inner Masculine
16:18 Wounded Father Archetype
20:00 The Imprint Of Our Caregivers
22:50 Twin Flame Journey
28:40 Conscious, Karmic, & Toxic Connections
36:00 Collective Energy & Soul Groups
37:04 Shadow Work In The Twin Flame Journey
43:15 Dismantling Toxic Masculinity
46:48 Interdependent Relationships
49:02 Healthy Masculinity & Femininity
53:20 It All Begins With Self
54:21 Building Inner-Union

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🎙️"Lately change has just been looking like asking pointed questions." - Cat Lantigua

If you're a millennial who has been feeling the weight of the world and the responsibility to provide solution, you'll appreciate this honest conversation acknowledging how many of us are (and have been) really feeling. At some point, yes, we'll be hitting the ground running with collective clarity and focus but in this episode we shed light on the fact that much of the collective is still bypassing the truth of all the matters (and pressures) we've been confronted with. So, where do we go from here and how do we remain well?

Cat Lantigua is a Community Architect, Wellness Enthusiast, and Founder of Goddess Council - a wellness club for women seeking new friendships, real convos, and healing. You can learn more about Cat here. 
 
Some of the main topics we touch on in this episode include:

• Using your imagination to find solutions
• Asking questions that are not easy
• Collective suffering and collective solutions
• Acknowledging the truth of how we feel
• Being your authentic self is powerful
• Intentional living and doing what makes you feel good
• Doing shadow work
• Practicing acceptance of what is
• Stepping into the wellness space
• Feeling seen and helping others feel seen
• Strengthening relationship during the pandemic

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:21 Starting with Gratitude
7:06 Important Conversations
10:40 Acknowledging Truth
20:18 Current Season in Life
25:06 Transitioning Out of This Season
34:01 Coming Into Wellness
39:12 Feeling Seen
47:32 Leaving NYC
53:28 Strengthening Relationship

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