Episode 221: Sahara Rose is the best-selling author of the Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda (Penguin Random House) and has been called “a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift” by Deepak Chopra. She is a 27-year-old Certified Ayurvedic, Holistic and Sports Nutritionist, wellness blogger and host of the Highest Self Podcast. Sahara's mission is to awaken people of their innate potential so they can share their gifts and fulfill their purpose on this planet.

Show notes:

• Sahara's personal story on spirituality and why she hid from it for years.
• How yoga opened up a whole new world for her.
• What being infertile and going through menopause at age 21 taught her.
• What is Ayurveda?
• The brutal digestive process she went through after she starting eating better.
• “Once you’ve healed your body, you realize you’re so much more than your body.”
• “Health is just the predecessor to be able to do the things I want to do in life. My life is not focused about being healthy. I hope I don’t even have to think about that so I can live my life and fulfill my darma.”
• According to Ayurveda, there is not one diet or herb that works for everyone.
• “Food is ⅕ of your overall health.”
• What is a dosha?
• The 3 Ayurvedic doshas: Vata (air), Pitta (fire), Kapha (earth).
• How to determine your specific dosha.
• The physical and mental characteristics of each type, as well as your body type and what you should eat.
• Vata: means “to move,” can be a little spacey if not in balance, are creative and free-flowing.
• Pitta: the most sensitive of all of the doshas, known for getting things done, should avoid spicy foods.
• Kapha: stable like the earth, the most likely dosha to become depressed, needs to know how to speak up and adapt to change.
• If you have excess Vata, take out raw foods.
• If you have excess Pitta, decrease spicy foods.
• If you have excess Kapha, decrease dairy and carbs.
• There are 6 tastes in Ayurveda: pungent, sweet, salty, sour, bitter, astringent.
• Sweet Foods: sweet potatoes, avocados, butternut squash, quinoa.
• Sour Foods: lemon, vinegar.
• Salty Foods : celery, sea vegetables, sea salt.
• Sour foods: leafy greens.
• Pungent Foods: turmeric, ginger, garlic.
• Astringent Foods: beans, lentils, cranberries, pomegranates.
• An example of what Sahara eats for lunch every day.
• Her favorite sweetener: liquid monkfruit
• Why you should remove sweeteners, including Stevia, from your diet.
• “You’re not given a dream if you don’t have the capacity to make it happen.”
• Must read books: Shit Your Ego Says by James McCrae, Shantaram by David Gregory Roberts, Break the Norms by Chandresh Bhwardwaj
• Must attend festival: http://zorbathebuddha.org/festivals/
  
  

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Episode 220: If you want to create and cultivate more wisdom in your life, you must allow yourself to enter new phases of life. There are many ways to explore the changing stages of a woman’s life. In this episode, we explore the cycles of a woman’s life reflected in the three stages of the Triple Goddess: The Maiden, the Mothe​r and the Crone. Understanding these three phases or archetypes of life has given me a deep appreciation for being a woman and I hope it does the same for you.

Show notes:

• Apply for my 1:1 coaching to further explore the Triple Goddess archetypes HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• The article I reference to go deeper into these archetypes HERE
• The Maiden, the Mother and the Crone are each present within you.
• The archetype that is the most misunderstood.
• The archetype that makes me emotional. 
• The Maiden represents: enchantment, inception, growth, expansion, new beginnings, youthfulness, playfulness, carefree, virgin energy.
• The Maiden’s job: to come to know her own thoughts, ideas, values, and purpose, and to dream and generate vision for her life.
• The Maiden: spring season/waxing moon.
• The Maiden's shadow side: caught up in taking chances without the wisdom to go along with it, dangerous in risk taking, refuse to take on insights from others and needs approval from others.
• The Mother represents: giving and compassion, a fullness, flourishing, rich/colorful, ripeness, fulfillment, stability, power.
• The Mother's shadow side: controlling, critical, over giving of who you are, abandon your own individuality.
• The Mother: summer season/full moon.
• “If we want to have a healthy mother, we have to be very in touch with our maiden.”
• The Mother’s job: to actualize the dreams of the Maiden and to become in touch with who she really is.
• The Crone represents: a sense of letting go, returning to your roots, represents wisdom, energy of surrender, no longer needing to prove anything to anyone, a fullness of wisdom, trustable, reliable, honest.
• The Crone’s job: to share her knowledge with others. 
• The Crone's shadow side: can be resentful and bitter if she has regrets.
• The Crone: winter/autumn/ waning moon
• “Whenever you are in the Crone archetype, you’re closer to the fullness of God that is love.”
• Society and the media knows that the more they pressure us to stay in the archetype of the maiden, the more we will spend.
• “We are pressured to have the maiden body, life and mindset, but we’re not fulfilling our duties here to be the divine feminine if we don’t go through all of the stages.”
• My invitation to you is do not go back to who you were. All of life is forward motion. You are not meant to be the maiden forever. You are meant to change and grow.
• “If you want to create and cultivate more wisdom in your life, you must allow yourself to enter new phases of life.”
• Honor the changing phases and know that you have a maiden, mother, crone within you at all times.

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Episode 219: Brigit Esselmont is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling books the Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meanings and the Biddy Tarot Planner, and the brand new book and Tarot deck, Everyday Tarot.  A professional Tarot reader for more than 20 years, Brigit founded Biddy Tarot (www.biddytarot.com) in 1999, where each year more than 4.5 million people are inspired to live more mindful and enlightened lives, using the Tarot as a guide.

A self-confessed Tarot lover, Brigit can’t help but spread the love to other Tarot enthusiasts. She teaches aspiring Tarot readers how to read Tarot with confidence and spiritual professionals on how to build their own business empires that are aligned with their soul’s purpose.

Brigit believes anyone can read Tarot. She doesn’t own a crystal ball nor a crushed velvet dress. She’s simply a down-to-earth, practical Taurus who likes to use the Tarot cards in everyday life.

When she’s not reading Tarot, Brigit loves spending time with her two daughters and husband on the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

Show notes:

• Apply for my 1:1 coaching to create a life filled with more abundance, flow and ease HERE
• Is it possible to combine a religious practice with Tarot?
• How Brigit's first Tarot reading came true and the importance of it in her life.
• The specific thing she did to feel more in flow with her readings.
• Why do people think Tarot is evil?
• When you should not use tarot cards and when you should.
• “Tarot is a tool that allows us to open up to insights already inside us. It's a mirror into our lives."
• How to determine if a tarot reading is right for you.
• How tarot can bring you closer to God.
• The history of Tarot — how it got started and what the cards were used for.
• Using Tarot to understand ourselves and connect to our highest selves.
• Definitions of the most common tarot terms.
• The particular card that she pulled that scared her.
• “Every card has light and shade — just like everything else in our lives.”
• What is a spread?
• How to use tarot cards during the moon cycles.
• The difference between oracle cards and Tarot cards.
• What are reversals and are they legit?
• What to do when you pull a card you don’t like.
• Book: Everyday Tarot Pre-order HERE
• Must read book: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
• Favorite oracle deck: The Sacred Rebel Deck 
• Favorite travel tarot deck: Everyday Tarot Deck

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Episode 218: Gemma Danielle is an artist and certified Reiki Master instructor. She has studied traditional Usui Reiki for over a decade and combines shamanic journeying, plant medicine ceremonies, akashic record reading and sound healing in her private practice. She seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with the absolute, and pursues universal truths that are beyond the intellect and the individual. Inspired by a personal healing journey, her work points beyond the illusion of separation, to express the ineffable mystical experience of transpersonal consciousness.
 
Her fine art began as a medium for the healing energies of Reiki, and she often references the ancient meditation tool of the mandala as a conductor and generator of this energy. She repeats silent prayers, or mantras, with each line drawn in her intricate webs, and labors over the precise straight lines without the aide of a ruler, attempting to mimic the technical precision of a computer by embracing the powerful capabilities of the human hand. She claims these works exist in multiple dimensions and can elicit an involuntary emotional response. She believes that art can serve as an antidote to the spiritual apathy of contemporary culture, beyond the fashionable expression of ego, to bring profound personal transformation and catalyze global spiritual evolution.

Show notes: 

• Kinetic Queens: Group Coaching Program for the Forward-Moving Feminine Apply HERE
• The tremendous amount of pain Gemma’s been through in her life.
• Finding a sense of home again.
• Her intense experience with being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic during her spiritual awakening.
• What it took for her to get aligned with her spirit.
• The simplest definition of the healing energy work, Reiki.
• “Everybody has the power of Reiki within them.”
• “In the realm of healing, there is no room for ego.”
• Healing sexual shame with reiki.
• Anything that is showing up for you in your physical, mental, emotional space has a correlation to your spirit.
• The true culprit around any physical issue you’re experiencing.
• What painful periods and ovarian cysts can mean.
• A new radical way of thinking about our eggs and ovaries.
• The daily/monthly rituals that help you to connect to the energy of your womb.
• How to connect to the beautiful gift of having a period.
• The ‘aha’ moment of why there is war in the world.
• Why Gemma doesn’t wear tampons/cups, etc.
• What is a cacao ceremony?
• The ceremony experience that helped her heal an abortion and made her realize that she wanted to birth children.
• How your Saturn Return will profoundly change the course of your life.
• “The Universe wants you to thrive. Even in the harshest of conditions, plants will still grow.”

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Episode 217: If you'd like to become a coach, but haven't quite made the leap yet, I'm guessing this popular reason is holding you back and creating most, if not all, of your resistance. Trust me, I get it...there are lots of ways our Inner Critic likes to convince us that we need to play it safe.

Here is my question: is that your true voice? Is that really the voice that has your best interest at heart? Do you feel it's been leading you closer to your truth all your life...or further?

In this episode, I'll explain why this one popular fear is total BS and how you can triumph over it to become the coach you desire, and were born, to be.

Show notes:

• Apply for my 1:1 coaching to overcome your deepest fears HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• My life update and current periods of transition.
• Encouraging thoughts to your path of healing.
• “Express your joy at the same time that you feel the rawness of your heart.”
• Find the one thing that you do know and then let the rest of it unfold on its own.
• Are you going to play small for the sake of holding on to control, or are you going to play big and step into the uncertain space in front of you?
• The importance and difference between having a physical team and a spiritual team.
• “Be open to the next step coming to you.”
• Why so many feel overwhelmed with picking a life coach.
• Top book recommendation: You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
• It’s okay if what you love doesn’t land with other people.
• Everyone might be saying the same thing in the coaching world, but the way YOU say it might make all the difference to someone.
• “We’re looking for ourselves in other people.”
• The reason why we resonate the most with certain people and not so much others. 
• Coming up with your own point of view is what sets you apart.
• Even though it may feel like there’s so many coaches, there’s really not.
• Nothing is original. We’re ALL recycling the same stuff and that’s okay.
• Coaching tip: If you’re starting out in coaching, get specific on the one thing that you feel the most comfortable with.
• The honest truth is there’s never going to be enough coaches and healers in the world.
• You being a healer does not threaten me being a healer.
• The ego’s role in keeping you safe and what to do about it.

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Episode 216: Emily Roberts is a Psychotherapist, Parenting Consultant, Educational Speaker and Author of the book Express Yourself: A Teen Girls Guide to Speaking Up and Becoming Who You Are. The Guidance Girl is a concept created by Emily Roberts an innovative, powerful approach to help you achieve goals and feel your best by redefining traditional therapy for the girls and women of today.

Show notes:

• To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• Apply for my 1:1 coaching to create a life that you're searching for HERE
• How Emily splits her time between New York City and Austin, Texas.
• “We all have an adolescent person inside of us. We all have a bully in our brain.”
• How parents project their own issues that haven’t been healed onto their children.
• Why you should feel whatever is coming up for you.
• The biggest anxiety that Emily experiences.
• How to let go and release the Type A personality.
• Emily’s motto: “If I’m forcing it, it’s not going to work.”
• Why being emotional is a very good thing.
• How to realize when you’re being triggered by other's emotions.
• “There’s a function to every feeling.”
• How emotions are handled by our nervous system.
• Simple coping mechanisms for when you feel overwhelmed.
• Why giving yourself compassion is the key to calming down your nervous system.
• How traumas (any kind of stress) take a toll on our bodies.
• A simple breathing tool to help you release stress and anxiety.
• The importance of the vagus nerve and your breath.
• Specific steps to follow if you desire more flow in your life.
• The power of the pause.
• Emily’s “Return of Saturn” and how it often turns out better than expected.
• Why your own handwriting can help you discover solutions when you’re feeling lost.
• How to honor what your body is trying to communicate.
• The most important question to ask yourself to reframe your story.
• What self-care really is and what it isn’t.
• The ripple effect of being authentic and vulnerable.
• Must-read book: A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

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Episode 215: Most of us have been raised to have everything under control and within our power. Get job...find the love of your life...have the perfect body...know who you are. When this is the case, what do you do when it feels like everything's out of your immediate control?

When you have no plan at all and no sense of direction on where to go next, it can be an incredibly lonely and scary time. However, there is also a beautiful gift in the chaos. This episode is for those who are currently feeling "plan-less" and are at a standstill with what is next. I offer you my guidance, support and tips on how to navigate the uncertainty.

Show notes:

• To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• Apply for my 1:1 coaching to create a life that you're searching for HERE
• The beautiful gift in not having a plan.
• A few tools to stay grounded during periods of transition.
• "While it might sound nice, you would literally go insane if everything always stayed the same."
• Our core needs for certainty and uncertainty.
• "Let your desire be your north star."
• Why asking yourself this key question can shift things quickly.
• Two things you can do to immediately feel better about your current lost state.
• "Understanding and Cultivating Your Intuition" by Kendra Cunov
• “Sometimes we label a situation as lost when it’s actually just a real refusal of our desire.”

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Episode 214: Matt Kahn is the author of the best-selling book Whatever Arises, Love That. He is a spiritual teacher, and highly attuned empathic healer who has become a YouTube sensation with his healing and often humorous videos. His ten million True Divine Nature YouTube channel viewers are finding the support they seek to feel more loved, awakened, and opened to the greatest possibilities in life through the invitation to join the “Love Revolution That Begins with You.”   Show notes: 

• To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• Apply for my 1:1 coaching to embrace your femininity, find your flow and uplevel your life  HERE
• Previous episode with Chloe Elgar HERE
• Matt’s journey into being an empathic child
• A deep dive into fear and how to handle it when it arises.
• “Fear is a product of the darkness. Darkness is actually the light, but it doesn’t know it’s the light yet.”
• “We’ve come to this planet to rescue the darkness as the light that has not yet become aware of itself.” 
• “Darkness is so afraid of dying that it’s afraid to come to the light.”
• How to look at fear from a powerful perspective
• The real reason why you can’t reconcile fear.
• A new perspective on handling difficult family dynamics.
• “When you’re around people who can’t give you what they need, it’s because they haven’t been taught how to give it to themselves.”
• How to ground yourself into the earth plane so you have more time for the things that matter to you.
• Soul contracts and Twin Flames YouTube video HERE
• “Whenever there is any abusive dynamics, that’s a sign from the Universe that the soul contract is complete.”
• Why Matt will not discuss his job or spirituality unless he’s asked
• “When we lead with being interested in other people, other people are interested in us.”

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Episode 213: Dr. Ezzie Spencer wants people to flourish. She is a published author, and creator of Lunar Abundance®. She is the host of an iTunes podcast, and the author of the book, LUNAR ABUNDANCE, CULTIVATING JOY, PEACE AND PURPOSE USING THE PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ezzie started out as a lawyer and academic researcher. She holds a PhD in therapeutic jurisprudence and women's wellbeing. Together with tracking the moon cycle, this was her entry into the importance of the emotional realm, which she continues to explore through her work today.

As the creator of Lunar Abundance® – a lunar-inspired, holistic self-care practice — Ezzie helps tens of thousands of women around the world cultivate self-worth, creativity and confidence in a playful way.

Show notes:

• To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• Apply for my 1:1 coaching and read testimonies of my previous clients HERE
• How the moon cycles helped her to work less.
• How to schedule your life around the phases of the moon.
• Why the Lunar abundance cycle is not designed to be a rigid ritual.
• The difference between the “doing” and the “being” phases.
• How to know when you need to be a “yes girl” and a “no girl” to plans.
• What to do when you have a moment of resistance with something in your life.
• “The moon is always a reflection; it’s always reflecting us back to ourselves.”
• Meditation as Medicine: by Guru Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth 
• Previous episode with Ezzie Spencer HERE

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• Buy her book Lunar Abundance HERE

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Episode 212: Sierra Brashear, MA, is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, doula and founder of Vibrant Souls. Driven by the belief that a vibrant woman radiates potential for personal and planetary transformation, Vibrant Souls makes organic yoni steaming herbs and unique tea blends available to women around the world. Rooted in the ancient wisdom of the Vedas, Sierra's Ayurvedic wellness coaching focuses on nutrition and lifestyle choices that align her clients with the rhythms and elements of nature. With a focus on women's unique needs, she sees clients virtually and in Boulder, Colorado through her joint practice, Cultivate Balance.

Show notes:

• Go to fitt.co/moon to discover your new favourite restaurant, outdoor activity and/or health-conscious event in your city.
• To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HERE
• To get a list of my top 100 favourite books FOR FREE, go HERE
• Apply for my 1:1 coaching and read testimonies of my previous clients HERE
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
• The difference between a midwife and a doula.
• How to train to become a doula.
• Sierra’s opinion about a home birth vs a hospital.
• “For most women, giving birth at home is the traditional and quite safe way to give birth.”
• The dangers of Pitocin.
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• Why it's not natural for women to give birth on their backs and why hands, knees, and on your side are preferred positions.
• Yoni Steaming: What it is, what it helps with and why it works
• “Yoni steaming provides access to feminine energy that gives rise to our vibrant radiance and creative potential.”
• The emotional and creativity benefits of yoni steaming.
• Vagina: a New Biography by Naomi Wolf
• Yoni is a sanskrit word which encompasses all of the reproductive system.
• The process of the yoni steam ritual and the herbs that are used.
• How to make a yoni steam at home.
• Sierra’s daily rituals to connect her with her cycle.
• Herbs to help align with your internal natural rhythms and the lunar cycle.

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