The Uncomfortable Truth

In this episode we discuss an idea from yogic indian philosophy (Yamas and Niyamas) on how "Worry is an act of violence and cannot exist simultaneously with love"

So often we think that we are doing people a favour by worrying about them. In this podcast episode, we discuss how worry is a selfish projection of our own fears into the situation, and can actually considered an act of violence.

Can we learn to turn our worry about people we care about into 'faith', because our psychic projections have an impact!

In this episode, we discuss how having an identity around being a 'good person' can sometimes get us stuck in bad relationships where our need to feel like the 'good girl' can be used against us.  If we are too hung up on being liked by others or concerns about what others think of us, it can get us into compromising relationships where we are controlled.

The uncomfortable truth is that we may also be getting a payoff for being in these relationships, and at some level we are an energetic match to these relationships. 

In order to have more balanced relationships, it may require us to let go of the need to be liked or 'good', so that we can be free to be our genuine selves.

We can be sitting quietly at our desks, meanwhile on the inside we are "sitting in a soup of cortisol and adrenaline, meanwhile the person next to us is none the wiser..." 

In this episode I share my thoughts and experience with my clients with respect to migraines and headaches.  We discuss the main interim solutions to address immediate pain including botox and medications. 

The long-term solutions however, require behavioural change.  Whether we are addressing pure 'physical stagnation' from lack of movement or mental stress, we need to identify and understand the aggravating factors, in order to address the 'real' problem. 

Mental stress is a huge component of migraines and headaches which is usually not well understood and addressed.  In this episode we discuss how an awareness of our daily emotional, mental and energetic patterns is the starting point towards making behavioural adjustments which will keep us in an ongoing healthy state, rather than relying solely on short term solutions which may have more damaging impacts.  

In order to heal and change for the better, it helps to have an understanding of why we are doing the negative thing to begin with. 

In this episode we discuss how we are essentially choosing our negative stories! You might ask - "What do I possibly have to gain from limiting beliefs?". There is always a reason....

We look into why we have 'Stockholm Syndrome' for our limiting beliefs and want to defend our captors. 

We also consider an analogy of ourselves as gemstones and how our pschological and mental mechanisms are obstructions to the light coming through us.  We then use then analogy to help discuss the two main ways to speed our own healing and personal evolution. 

Often in this culture we can be sucked into the 'cool thing' to do, rather than the 'real work', and becoming overly attached to the vehicle/container/practitioner/method/technique etc. can be a way to Spiritual Bypass. It is important to use discernment and select high quality coaches to help us fast-track our process, and yet, it is our sincerity, intention, and willingness to confront what is present, which will help us evolve, not the particular method or any other tools we choose to work with. 

In this episode we discuss the fundamental assumption that we are responsible for our own health, and how this belief affects the outcomes in our lives.

Candid chat with PT, Amadu Koroma discussing some of the major lessons and misconceptions within the fitness world. 

"The speed with which we can let go of bad ideas is the currency of the 21'st century"

With so many contradictory ideas and saturation of information, the ability to detatch from and replace our world views or beliefs become extremely valuable. 

Often we can become so identified with our beliefs that we don't realise that we have a choice not to believe them.  These agreements that we make with our thoughts dramatically shape the experience we have and the outcomes that we obtain.

What ideas are you sub-consciously signing off on? and what impact is it having on your life?

"On paper this guys seems great, but I don't feel right about him"......   This podcasts introduces the idea of Embodiment and why it is important. Rather than outsourcing our responsibility for our bodies and our decisions to 'experts' perhaps we can take the power back, and cultivate a relationship with our bodies own intelligence systems.

Our gut, heart, sex... are constantly communicating with us, as we take in data from an infinitely complex world with so many different types of information. In the Western World we glorify and focus on the mind and as such, miss out on so much important information which feeds our powerful intuition.

From a dirty beat which speaks to a sacral chakra, to a melodic harmony which speaks to our crown chakra..... Just as a piano has keys with different frequency, our bodies have energetic centres with different frequencies. We are a musical instrument! 

A brief introduction into some basics of Energy work and Sound healing -   Whether it is physical, mental, or energetic therapy, we are simply bringing attention to an area of the body which is out of balance in an attempt to help it recalibrate to it's natural healthy state.  

The 'therapeutic attention' can come in many forms, including physical touch, mental attention, or sound frequency. 

Ayahuasca, yoga, cacao, mupacho, amanita....  Apparently spirituality is sexy now! and has ironically become an object to enhance our fake identity, rather than dropping all the fake layers to uncover the deeper truths about ourselves.  Sadly in some circles, it's about having the right bracelets, tattoos and softly spoken voice, rather than engaging in the real work.

Different spiritual practices are becoming more popular in our culture and with that comes the natural pollution of the space.  How do we know the genuine article from the fake?  Once again the responsibility falls on the individual to develop and exercise discernment to know who to work with and who not to.   

In this episode we discuss what genuine spiritual practices might feel like, and how a spiritual practice can easily turn into spiritual materialism, which ironically is the opposite of what spiritual practice is about.