The Next Level

Dr. Brian currently owns and operates Nourish and Flourish which provides an integrated environment for you to discover and experience a wealth of modalities, wisdom, and products to live your most outstanding life possible. From the highest level of Network Care to enlivening workshops and programs, organic juice and tea, to a carefully curated selection of books and hand crafted body products here in Asheville, NC. Brian dives into topics like How the fight and flight energy dissipates through movement and breathe, Literal and figurative stress, The response of our nervous system to fear, How the muscles around our spine are reptilian brain based, The whole spinal chord as a global phenomenon, If we don't honor the lower brain levels we don't get to the higher levels...

Today I felt really compelled to talk about the conversation around pain and how we protect ourselves based on past experiences that caused some level of trauma. In The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer talks about something he calls "removing your inner thorn." He talks about how we build up the conditions in our life to protect the thorn from being brushed up against and how we in essence protect our pain and insecurities when we could just remove the thorn and experience life in a totally different way. Today I expand on what Singer talks about here and how this relates to what we're experiencing in the world right now and what we can do to remove those inner thorns to experience more of the life we actually want to experience.

Today I want to go beyond the physical and talk about faith. I'll dive into one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Joseph Murphy... "Every thought is the cause. Every Condition is the effect." And how this is showing up right now in the coronavirus pandemic.

We've entered a funny time in history where we have more solutions to grow your business than ever before. The challenge that comes along with that is falling into the trap of believing we need something that's too many steps ahead of where we're at. As soon as I realized where I actually was and what I needed to do, things started moving much quicker and it was 10 times easier to tune out distractions and get to the work I know I needed to do to grow my business. Why focusing on scale is killing your business, your drive, and your confidence, Why we're being sold this idea, How many companies don't even start this way, Why you need to focus on building and then consider scale when you actually have something to scale, There are specific things that need to happen before you can scale and if you don't do them, then you're going to be building up complicated systems and then tearing them all down and starting all over again for a long time… if you make it that far.

The more we dive into self-isolation and social distancing the more I've had the opportunity to examine what comes up in response to the conditions. In this episode I walk through 4 steps you can take to make peace with what's coming up. Take 100 % responsibility for your actions and emotions, Examine past events that left a mark - In a safe container, Set goals based on the future version of yourself, Know what you value and realize it all get's to fit together. This time can be a proving ground for your limitations OR an opportunity to move through blocks and create an entirely new story for you and your family.

In today's show, I wanted to offer a few ways to see the current situation and what you can do to make it through to whatever's next. I outline 9 ways I'm looking at this to stay safe, sane, and forward moving.

If you've been in business for any length of time, you know that there are always competing forces for your attention. From marketing your business, to dropping into your creativity, to producing the assets you need for your business, the list seems to grow more and more by the minute. In this episode you'll learn: How to follow your own internal compass and stay true to that, Some common sources of distraction and how to fortify yourself against it, How your why can be one of your greatest assets to harness your attention, How you can see distraction in a new way, What to do first in your day so you stay focused on the most important things first, Where you may still be watering your attention down with multi-tasking and how to remedy it, and so much more...

At this point in my coaching journey, I'm pretty convinced that the majority of tension we experience comes from conflicting stories and emotions. For example, if we have the story that... Doing what I want to do will end in failure. And the stories and feelings associated with that belief go largely unexamined, then that belief is calling the shots. But when we can learn to acknowledge, validate, honor, and work with the emotions, they no longer control us and create drag. We need to tend to and clean up our emotional home because what we don't acknowledge controls us. Today I'll talk about what happens when we can free up that stuck energy, and what that journey looked like for different clients.

Today we unpack Erin's story, what it takes to be successful in being heard in outbound marketing and the digital area, and the nitty-gritty of Digital Persuasion. In this episode you'll learn How to translate your offline persona into the online space What the online disinhibition effect tells us about why we behave the way we do online, How to make better decisions before we post, What persuasion is, The way other people perceive us online and being more of a server or a friend, The goal of ethical persuasion and moving people to action, How to whittle down your message and what skill to focus on...

Mark England is the co-founder and lead presenter of Procabulary. He loves to travel, exchange empowering ideas and strategies and practice martial arts. Mark holds a Masters Degree in International Education and was an elementary sports teacher before developing Procabulary. Today we'll do a deep dive and unpack the Procabulary framework and show you how to make powerful language shifts. We dive into topics like Mark's story that got him into language and consciousness, The power of rewriting your story, How your language and thought process directly affect your breathing and body tension, Breaking down the Procabulary system, Conflict language and the antidote, Architect language...