The Victoria Sardain Podcast

In this episode I'm sharing the 3 principles / learnings / tools that had the biggest impact on my year. It is a slightly more personal episode as I go in depth into how these principles entered my life, what impact they've had and how I plan to deepen them over 2022. 

Referenced in this episode:

• This podcast episode on The Wim Hof Method with Helena Hefti Wenger
• Breathlife: Creating Breathwork Experiences
• This podcast episode interviewing author of Breath
• This podcast episode on identity
• This podcast episode on living in the present
• This podcast episode on living in the future
• This podcast episode on living in the past

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They say: “life is so subtle sometimes that we hardly notice ourselves walking through the doors we once hoped would open.” 

The importance of doing these end-of-year reflections is: 

1. To capture the small moments of the year and anchor them in before they slip into the back of our mind…
2. To concretely note the lessons we learned this year and acknowledge how we are entering next year with a new set of tools and as a wiser and stronger version of ourselves 

How can we go about our end-of-year reflections? In this episode I bring you through the different areas of life that I recommend reflecting over. In each of these areas I also share some of my favourite questions to start the reflection. 

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There are two opposing forces and clear polarities in the world: push or release.

When we're faced with challenge or struggle, should we keep trying and keep pushing forward or should we see a challenge as an opportunity to release, to take a big step backwards and reassess?

I've asked myself this question on numerous occasions and whenever I can I ask others for their thoughts and input as well. No matter how much time I've spent pondering the thought or how many wise people I've asked, I've never come to one straightforward answer. In some ways it's probably because there isn't one... So how can we reconcile both schools of thought in order to do what's right for us when we're faced with challenge?

In this episode I share some concrete examples of what it might look like to be caught between a force of "push" (feeling the need to keep powering through) and the force of "release" (feeling the need to take a big step back and stop trying). I also share 3 strategies that I've implemented myself and that I go through with my clients in order to find our own solution to the dilemma: Should I keep pushing or should I take a step back?   

Referenced in this episode: 

• Masculine Versus Feminine Energy
• Inspiring Minds #3: Finding balance in a world of duality with James Colquhoun

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As humans we are wired to preserve energy and choose the path of least resistance. How come then, there are some who choose a unique path, one in the pursuit of something important, meaningful but definitely not easy?

We call them Inspiring Minds. In this new series, every month we will be speaking with those who have veered off the path of least resistance in the pursuit of more.

In this episode we are speaking with James Colquhoun; founder and CEO of Food Matters and the film maker behind documentaries Food Matters and Hungry Change as well as the docu-series Transcendence Season I and Transcendence Season II.

In this episode, we discuss finding balance in a world filled with duality. How can we drive our business to success using the logical, numbers-driven part of our mind while letting our intuition guide us to make the best decisions? How can we draw the line between "work" and "personal life"? Is there even a line anymore? What's the balance between being driven by the pursuit of something meaningful and finding contentment where we are?

All of this and more in this 3rd episode of the Inspiring Minds series...

Find out more about James' work:
Website: Food Matters
Instagram: @foodmatters / @foodmattersinstitute / @foodmatterskitchen
Facebook: @foodmatters
Podcast: The Food Matters Podcast

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How can one be afraid of success? Isn't success, regardless of the definition we hold for it, regardless of the area of our life in which we desire it, what we're all striving for? Don't we all want happy, healthy relationships, a supportive social circle, a career path that lights us up? 

You'd be surprised to hear that the fear of success is a lot more common than you may think and it may even be something holding you back, without you even knowing it. 

In this episode I share with you the reasons why we struggle with the fear of success, how it might show up in our daily lives and the 3 journaling questions I recommend you work through to start overcoming this fear: 

1. Why am I actually afraid of success? What do I associate with the success that I might be worried about? Is it the amount of work or responsibility that I think might come with the success? Is it a fear of losing my friends or becoming a different person?
2. Does the success have to bring the associations listed above? If not, what would that look like?
3. What are examples of things I have right now that I once dreamed of?

Referenced in this episode:

• Episode #1 of the Overcoming Fears Series: Fear of the Unknown
• Episode #2 of the Overcoming Fears Series: Fear of Rejection
• Episode #3 of the Overcoming Fears Series: Fear of Failure
• Episode on the Victim Mentality
• Episode on Imposter Syndrome
• Episode on Money Mindset
• Episode on Being happy for other's success

Is fear blocking you? Reach out, I'd love to hear about where you're at in your journey and if there's anything I could support you with.

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When speaking about fears, the one we tend to be the most familiar with is the fear of failure. This fear of failure is what drives us to procrastinate, to stay small and to duck away from opportunities that might demand us to tap into our full potential. 

In this podcast episode I go through the reasons why the fear of failure is something that we need, that has saved us in the past and is still of great benefit to us in our modern day lives... yet it does not come without its limitations. 

I share with you the 3 lessons that completely shifted my view on failure as well as the 6 steps to reflect over the fear of failure you might be facing in a given situation: 

1. Notice the fear and accept it as something separate to yourself
2. What does the failure I'm fearing actually look like? 
3. What would be the Worst Case Scenario if this failure were to occur?
4. How would I pull myself back up from this Worst Case Scenario?
5. What kind of person would I have to be to handle the potential failure?
   1. When have I been this kind of person?
   2. How can I show up as this person?
6. What would be the Best Case Scenario if I were to go through with this? What impact might that have on all areas of my life?

Referenced in this episode:

• Episode #1 of the Overcoming Fears Series: Fear of the Unknown
• Episode #2 of the Overcoming Fears Series: Fear of Rejection
• Podcast episode on Are you emotions taking you over?
• Podcast episode on Chaos Order Balance

Is fear blocking you? Reach out, I'd love to hear about where you're at in your journey and if there's anything I could support you with.

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In the second episode of this series all about overcoming fears, we're talking about the fear of rejection. This fear is what blocks us when we sense a threat that something we do might cause us to be rejected by the tribe. It's driven by the fear of being alone and can cause us to fall into the traps of people pleasing, of consistently changing our identity to fit the group and ironically enough, distancing ourselves from other to avoid the pain of rejection. 

This fear can show up in many different places in our lives. It can be the reason why...

• We don't reach out to someone we'd like to go out with / be friends with / work with
• We're reluctant to go deeper in our relationships to avoid the potential pain of being rejected should we get too close
• We don't apply for our dream job / contact potential clients / ask for the promotion 

So what can we do about this fear and how can we ensure that it doesn't stand in the way from us doing what will support our emotional, spiritual and personal growth? 

There's no snap-finger solution, but what I'm sharing in this episode are 6 lessons that I've learned that can help minimise the fear, put it into context and support us to move beyond it. 

Referenced in this episode: 

• Episode #1 of the Overcoming Fears Series: Fear of the Unknown
• Podcast episode on Learning to say "no" 
• Podcast episode on the Drama Triangle
• Podcast episode on Intention Setting

Is fear blocking you? Reach out, I'd love to hear about where you're at in your journey and if there's anything I could support you with.

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In this 4-part series, we will be going deep into different types of fears, where they come from, what they look like and how can we overcome them.

In this first episode we're speaking about the Fear of the Unknown. This fear commonly shows up when we're considering trying something new or when we're faced with an alternative that is outside of our comfort zone. This fear creeps in during these moments to keep us safe and to remind us that we're "better off" staying in the zone of the "known" if we want to make it as likely as possible that we will remain "safe". Naturally in today's day and age, few of the "riskier" decisions we are making actually make us "unsafe", they simply lead us to something else, something new, something unknown. 

In this episode I go through 6 reflections I recommend you go through if you think this is something you're currently struggling with: 

1. Allow separation between you and the fear. Instead of "I am afraid" try to notice the fear of the unknown "creeping into your mind" or "making its way into your thoughts. 
2. Ask: why is this fear entering my mind? What is it trying to save me from?
3. Render the unknown, known. If you were to overcome this fear and step into the unknown, what would the "worst" and "best" case look like?
4. Ask: what if you listened to the fear and stayed in your comfort zone? What would that look like in the long run? Imagine that...
5. Are you moving towards or away? Is this thing you're afraid of... is it an energy pulling you towards or are you feeling a sense of moving away?
6. What do you know you need to do? We always know exactly what we should be doing...

Referenced in this episode: 

• Podcast interview with Helena Hefti Wenger on the Wim Hof Method

Is fear blocking you? Reach out, I'd love to hear about where you're at in your journey and if there's anything I could support you with.

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When it comes to goal setting we often think about setting SMART Goals and breaking down the goals into small steps. These two elements are absolutely key however we often put so much emphasis on these aspects while forgetting the most important aspect that completely undermines the other two... 

Do you truly know WHY you've set yourself a goal? Maybe you know the surface level "why", you've set yourself a fitness goal is to get fit right? Or maybe you want to get that promotion because then you'll have more responsibility... But what's the true core "why" behind all of that? What lies even deeper as your true driving factor? 

In this episode I go through the 5 true reasons WHY we need to get clear on the WHY, and how we can find the true "why" behind the goal. 

Referenced in this episode: 

• Podcast episode on Setting Daily Intentions

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How can we do it all? How can we juggle all the balls? Wear all the hats? Do our work, be there for our family, enjoy time with our friends, take can of our health and get enough sleep...

In this episode I go through how we can do it all, how can we prioritise and how can we manage our expectations in order to reduce stress, increase confidence and feel more empowered in our lives.

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