By asking the question, "how does my body react or feel, when imagining this choice or decision" we can determine, if choices are the right ones for us. Our bodies are amazing at showing us how we feel when our minds can't figure it out. By observing if we feel expanded in our chest versus constricted in our chest when imagining pursuing a certain something, we can see if we are moving in the right direction for ourselves. Give this physiological test a whirl in a few small areas in your life and see if it works for you!

Today we explore why discipline issues arise in ourselves and in society and how to better deal with them. Kevin shares with us Tony Robbins 6 needs everyone shares, and relates how these unmet needs can manifest into behavioral issues.

In this week's episode we dive into "How to Do What We Love" professionally. The steps to doing what we love are first identifying and breaking through the myths and limiting beliefs holding us back. Then we can do three steps of 1. Recognizing experimenting is okay,  2. Learning to make transitions work for us and 3. Understanding that we never "arrive" somewhere and the journey is the purpose. When we can change our direction on trying to re-arrange what's outside of us, and turn the focus to learning how to be present and adhering and abiding to the present moment fully, we become a vibrational match for what it is that's right for us at that exact moment.

The only way to live a life that is not succumb to the highs and lows is by realizing that there is no such thing as good and bad, (naturally-speaking) and that we, as humans have created these concepts and attached experiences, things, and people with these names/titles and labelled circumstances as good and bad preventing us from enjoying a life in the perfection that it actually is. A small group of individuals over the last thousand of years have found a way to leave the "good and bad" duality most people experience life through and enter a "singularity" and unity state of mind and state of being opening up the possibility for them to experience life in the perfection that it is, with pure joy, creativity and love. If we want a glimpse of how the world looks through this lens, it is essential that we begin catching ourselves labelling things as good or bad, and understand where this practice of labelling came from. Only then can we begin to leave this duality (addicted to the highs and lows of life and a slave to its cycles) and move into a state of mind and state of being where we can experience love, joy, and peace continuously; in a new world or state of mind/state of being dubbed "singularity".

Behind The Scenes episode, where we learn about why taking a pause to move forward can help our progress. Here we catch up from where we left off, choosing our topics of content, and then seeing what happened when Kevin tested the water, generating episodes on these topics as well as performing a presentation to his local high school on the topics. Diamond moves forward with using January of 2020 as a good time to set the long distance goals for the next decade and reminding us that the purpose is in enjoying the unfolding of the longterm journeys, and keeping our eye on the goal, trusting that our actions will guide us there.

Everyone wants to love themselves but standing in front of a mirror (naked) saying positive affirmations doesn't always do the trick. Awesome for you if it has worked, but for me, I believe self-esteem has to start with acceptance. Not accepting physical features we don't think are attractive or personality traits we are not fond of, but truly accepting our life, in its current state, all around us, completely "as is". When we can accept "what is" it opens us up to the recognition that everything emanates from nothing and leads us to an exploratory chapter of asking questions and gaining experiences that point us towards who we are and who we want to be. From there we can begin our journey to embracing ourselves and understanding our significance.

It's easy to look in a mirror and check-in to see how our physical health stands. But what about our mental health? How do we know where we are at mentally and why is it important to practice mental fitness just like physical fitness? In this episode we dive into some sensitive topics around anxiety, depression and simple ways to check-in with ourselves mentally to assess how we are doing and ensure we are in a healthy rhythm. 

In creating a brand, platform or life/business of our dreams, after we begin "getting started" the next step easily becomes, "and then what?", "what will we create?" "how will we create it?" etc. In this episode we explore the WHW framework introduced by Gary Vaynerchuk regarding what content to create, how (audio, word, video) and where to distribute it. Kevin explains his reasons for choosing a format of documenting his process and tying in his past versus making claims without credibility, and refers the audience to like-minded podcasters and tools such as Trent Shelton, and anchor.fm. This is the second episode of "The Climb" a journey of a Millenial finding his voice and learning to synthesize it properly.

Beginning the climb. It's December 11, 2019 and the journey begins. In this first episode of the series "The Journey of the Climb" where I document my process on finding my voice and learning to synthesize it properly, we touch on the reasons why it is important to gain clarity on who we are, and how to express that, whether it be for financial gain, impact or merely to upgrade our own reality. 

How can we turn "roadblocks", "creative blocks" and "down cycles" into momentum on our path? After struggling with hitting walls, feeling demoralized or uncertain it's easy to get down and question our goals and objectives, as well as also lose sign of our direction. When we view life and obstacles as things happening for us and not to us, all of this changes. In this week's episode we explore how a roadblock can be used to help us versus serving as an impetus to our dreams or goals.