JP Sears is an emotional healing coach, international teacher, world traveler, and curious student of life. He is also a youtube and facebook mega star. He is known for his ultra spiritual series. His work is intended to empower people to empower themselves to live more meaningful lives.

He works with people everyday on healing their hearts, resolving self-sabotage, and stepping into their true power.

He also leads retreats around the world on different healing and personal empowerment themes for like minded and like hearted people to come together and learn, grow, and heal.

Discussions   - Behind the Ultra Spiritual Series - The two levels of forgiveness     - 1st level, forgiving others     - 2nd level, forgiving ourselves, true forgiveness - The role of shame to fulfill our emotional needs - Shaming/punishment is learned through past experience - We will do anything to get our needs met, destructively or constructively - Compassion vs Passion - Find your own ‘sweet spot’ for your mindfulness journey. - The importance of gratitude - The journaling exercise where you write to the part of you that has pain. - Look for stories under our stories    

Happy New Year !!! It’s 2017! It’s been a fun ride, starting a podcast and learning new things and meeting new people.   Let’s get on with it.    On today’s episode, I want to talk about mindfulness and connection. What does it mean to have more connection?   In today’s society, we live in the age of technology and it’s becoming more and more apparent that many of the tasks are being automated. Whether it’s the automated phone system when you call in for customer services at big companies. Whether it’s self-check out system at the grocery store. To promote efficiency and cost-cutting for the company, but it also cut out the human connection.   To me, mindfulness is a practice, a practice that helps enrich my life.   Allows me to experience the moment fully without the pollution of thoughts and judgments. Allows me to directly connect with the experience. However, many many times slept I fall out of my mindfulness practice. And I noticed that my body start to tense up I notice that I started to have anxiety. When I fall away from the mindfulness practice. And I had to pull myself back into a state that is calmer. It has been a constant push and pull trying to find the balance. But the more I devote myself to practice, my quality of life improves.   Your mindfulness practice does not have to be formal on the mat type sitting meditation.   It can be anything. Whatever that thing is, just fully engage 100% of your conscious attention. for me, mindful walking is one of my favorite practice.   If I am cooking I am fully engaged in the act of cooking and cutting and enjoying every single moment of it. If I am with a person I notice the shape of their eyes their facial expression and I listen fully to all the words that come out.   I try to listen to understand instead of listening to reply. To which since started doing the podcast I've got somewhat better at doing.    Being mindful and bring present the same thing. Being mindful does not mean that you are disengaged in worldly matters or indifferent to the subject matter.    I encourage you to be more mindful, to have more connection in your life. To have more connection with the people around you. To notice and acknowledge another human being as beautiful being that it's no different and you are.   I encourage you to be more mindful, to have more connection with your act. To have any intention behind your doing. To be aware of the racing mind. If you are showering just shower and focus on cleansing your body washing your hair.    Encourage you to be more mindful, to have more connection with your work. To keep in mind the essence of your work and why you are doing what you do. To appreciate the opportunity given. Which I talked about before in the previous episode if you look back in the archive.   Most importantly I encourage you to be more mindful, to have more connection with yourself. To know your feelings. To know what decision to make for the greater good of yourself. To be in tuned with your intuition. To be able to differentiate between the constructive criticism and self-sabotaging dialogues and keep what’s important. To be more kind and loving to yourself.   I wish everybody to have a   better and deeper connection in 2017. Good luck and have fun on your journey and I'll see you on the next episode.  

Derek Doepker is the award-winning author of the #1 bestselling motivational book The Healthy Habit Revolution.  He shares psychological strategies to reprogram your habits in less than 5 minutes a day and mental tricks to break through self-sabotage.  He is the founder of the site ExcuseProof.com

Discussion - Why do many people fail at their New Year’s Resolution
- The importance of will-power - The stress of positive change - Celebrating small wins along the way - The Power of Accountability - Identifying your own BS and learn how to break through self-imposed limitations - Asking question to expand the possibility - How to conquer your limiting beliefs    

  Today I want to talk about the concept of mindfulness and gratitude.  The more I learn and practice both, the more I realize that they both go hand in hand. You can’t have mindfulness without gratitude and vice versa. When you are mindful, you are aware of your experience and your state of mind. When you are grateful you are aware of what you have rather than what you don’t have. Therefore, a grateful person is a mindful person.   I just want to acknowledge that 2016 is about to pass. Why does it feel like it’s flying by? Is it because time is actually moving faster? Or are we too caught up in our own busyness to see it?     We live in a society that promte speed, materialism, and consumerism. We are constantly told that we are not enough and we have to fill the emptiness inside with more stuff. We are tricked into being busy just for the sake of being busy.   It’s your life. It’s the only thing that you have. Don’t live by the society’s agenda, don’t live by anyone else’s agenda but yours.   When we are “mindless” and just going through the motion we let life happen to us. It’s easy to get caught up in the cog-wheel and take things for granted.   What things do we take for granted?    For example, Safety. For most of us, we don’t have to live in a constant state of fear and worry about our own lives every day. There are millions of people in this world that in 2016 still living in the war zone and getting shot at or bombed every day. Can you possibly imagine the stress and the terror that those brothers and sisters are going through? My heart goes out to those people, especially seeing what’s going in in Syria right now should make you deeply appreciate what you have right now.    Sometimes we take life for granted, I am guilty of this as well. We assume that there will be tomorrow. We assume there will be the next paycheck. We assume that there will be next year.   We assume that there will be tomorrow. We assume there will be the next paycheck. We assume that there will be next year. We assume there will be the next paycheck. We assume that there will be next year. We assume that there will be next year.   Being mindful helps us come back to the present.   Mindfulness help us train the brain to see the aliveness of the moment. In the here and now.   Once you savor the experience, you realize that life is something precious and special. You see the world for what it is, without judgment and reactions. You are able to experience life fully. You are able to be present to your body, to the person in front of you and to the activity that you are engaging in.   At that point, we can’t help but be grateful. Gratitude is no longer an effort. Gratitude is a product of being present and realize the importance of this experience.   The more you are grateful and easier it is to be mindful. We are creating a positive snowball in our perspective.   Sometimes I go through the year in review and seem that every year to me was a tremendous year for growth, both the ups and the downs. A major event in 2016 that stood out would be a severe ankle injury that I initially thought was a disaster. It hurt me physically, emotionally, and financially. But turned out that it allows me to visit my grandfather before his passing. I got to speak at his funeral and connect with many family members. I then started a podcast because I could not be active due to my injury. I learned so much through the process. I had a chance to connect with amazing guests and listeners from around the world.    The ankle injury was a blessing in disguise. I wouldn’t trade those experience for anything else.  Those are the things that come up for me. I'm just sharing this as an example.    Now take a moment to review your year, what happened? How did those event shape you? Pause for a moment and see what comes up. Can you see that there is a blessing within every curse?    I encourage you to go through your list and appreciate every single thing on that list.   I encourage you to acknowledge people for something awesome that they’ve done. Acknowledge them for who they are.   Acknowledge and be grateful for yourself and your actions and all the good things that you have done.   Acknowledge all the perceived mistakes and bad fortunes. Because challenges are lessons in disguise. Be grateful that you have the opportunity to grow.   Be grateful for 2017, as a new year marks a new beginning. All the dreams that you’ve put on hold, now it’s the time to unleash. The new year’s resolution is a great mark to start 2017 strong.    Be grateful that you give yourself another jab at this thing called life.   Be grateful for the people around you.   Be mindful of the unrest and ongoing war and grateful for peace in your life.   Be grateful for the day, be grateful that you get to wake up in the morning.    Be grateful for the air you breathe. Be grateful for the respiratory system that oxygenates your blood.   Be grateful for your current state of health and your ability to do something about it.   Be grateful for your life challenges. Be grateful for life itself. There are hundreds of millions if not billion other people who would give anything to have your life. Are you making the most out of it? Are you at least being grateful for the hands that you are dealt?   Challenges are lessons in disguise.   You can’t control what life throws at you but you certainly can make what you want out of it. The gratitude exercise challenges you to extract "the good” from “the bad” and train your brain to see the situation in way that will benefit you the most.     Be mindful of the present and be grateful for life. Make 2017 your best year ever.  

Join us at http://www.thewellness.cafe   Dr. Nima Rahmany, DC, CCWP is a Chiropractor and educator, specializing in helping individuals and professionals get to the ROOT CAUSE of their physical and emotional challenges, solving them permanently. In June 2016 Nima sold his successful practice so he could pursue his passion for teaching and coaching professionals who are stressed, depressed, and anxious, helping them transform and have their best year ever - in both a private and corporate setting.   Integrating mind-body tools in his quest for healing stress-related disorders, Nima created his own effective and simplified approach to healing called “The Overview Method”, which he teaches worldwide both 1:1 and in a group setting via his online programs, and “edutaining" lectures filled with inspired authenticity.      DISCUSSIONS

• A real breakthrough needs to be followed by guided actions.
• The first step of transformation is to create a value-driven mission statement.
• The cause of stress is the expectation hangover.
• What is PTSD?
• The root cause of stress.
• How to manage self-imposed stress.
• How people subconsciously wear their victim identity.

RESOURCES

http://www.drnima.com

http://www.drdemartini.com    

    Mindful Monday.   Today I am going to talk about “work” and for those of you who are listening to this on the way to their “work” don’t tune me out yet. Please give me a few minutes to explain.    When people associate the word “work”we don't associate it that with pleasure. The word work becomes somewhat dreadful. and Monday sucks and we even have the term Monday blues that means someone is mildly depressed because they have an entire work week in front of them. People say that they “have” to go to work in order to pay the bills right for the money you work for the paycheck you work for the promotion he worked for your new purchase and then that's what we associate work with.   It’s because we forget to look at the true essence of work.    What is the true value of your work? How are your actions or output effecting people and the world?   When you start to ask deeper question and see past the definition of “work” at the superficial level and the feelings that you get when you think of work. You get connected to your true value. How am I bringing more smiles and happiness into the world?   Once you get connected to that instead of seeing mundane tasks at hand, you see what it could do for yourself, the people around you, and the world that you live in.    You will find that there is more fulfillment within it because if we just work for the money or the paycheck just work for mortgage. We're not going to be happy but if we focus on the True Value that we provide we will be more happy and more fulfilled.   A teacher who doesn't see his true value seawork as dealing with troubled kids that are being rude and give them headache. But a teacher who realize his true worth see that he has an opportunity to enrich a human being with knowledge. To lay the foundation for the Next Generation to grow up and to be successful contributors to society. He also get to learn from his students therefore he's happy and he doesn't have to be waiting for the paycheck to be happy.   An accountant who doesn't see his True Values see endless pile of paperworks, and emails and tasks and spreadsheets that have to be managed. But an accountant who see his values see the values of numbers that allows a company to have accurate picture of their finances. Therefore are able to make better decision to contribute more to the society.   A street sweeper that is able to see his contribution see the happiness in cleanliness. See that he is making the street clean and when the streets are clean people that walk that street don't have to worry about trash they can feel good about the area and the space that they are in. He is creating a better atmosphere.   Food server makes people happy when she delivers great tasting food. She deliver happiness, on a plate.   When you see your own value in your work you don't need a manager to micromanage you because there is a drive yourself to do a better job.  You understand that when you're focused the result of the work is better and there is more value to your customers or clients. As a result of that you are able to contribute more to the society and you will feel even more valuable and fulfilling.   When you look at it from this perspective a smile goes a long ways it is not only infectious but is an immediate mood lifter in the room.    So if you made it this far, this must have resonate with you at some level. I invite you to think about your "day-to-day job” differently today. Look beyond that and see what values are you providing. And own it. Honor it. Take pride in that and be grateful that you get to do this and get paid for it. On the other hand think about what will happen? and how many people will be affected? and in what way? if one day you don't show up.   This may surprise you, but the world needs you. The world needs you to show up. And money comes as a result of you providing great value the society.    Every time you get frustrated or bored with the task at hand. Just zoom out and look at the 10,000 ft view perspective and see what you're really doing and appreciate that.   Join us at thewellness.cafe for more.    

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Just a liittle over two years and 100 lb ago, Scott Riley was suffering from a severe case of Rheumatoid Arthritis. He was on a toxic cocktail of ineffective pharmaceutical drugs and barely leaving his small apartment in Ireland with physical pain and shame about his appearance.

Through a series of giant leaps, Scott completely transformed his reality and learnt that life runs on momentum. Better still, he learnt to hack this principle and apply it to smaller steps by affecting the areas of life we have control over: Drinking, Eating, Sleeping, Breathing, Moving and Thinking.

Having regained his health, Scott made a promise in the Peruvian Amazon to share this message of holistic health and wellbeing to others around the world. Offering personal and group coaching through Causeway Living, he learnt the hard way to health so others don't have to. 

Discussion

• Scott's journey to overcome his autoimmune condition that started with juicing and ended in the Amazonian jungle of South America.
• His experience with plant medicine; (San Pedro and Ayahuasca) 
• What is plant medicine and its role in healing?
• The Six-Week-Shift Program for health transformation
• The Six Pillars of Health [Drinking/Eating/Sleeping/Breathing/Moving/Thinking]
• The benefit of bringing mindfulness into the kitchen
• The reason why it's so important to make your bed every morning
• 6-Simple Steps to sleep like a baby [U.S.L.E.E.P.]
• How LED light/screen light effect your hormonal system and your sleep pattern
• The concept of "Working-in" instead of "Working out", focusing on creating energy rather than expending your energy
• Scott's method of dealing with stress by using Wim Hof's breathing technique
  • Take 30-40 deep breaths
  • Hold your breath on the last exhalation as long as possible
  • Repeat that 3-5 times
• The story behind the name "Causeway Living"

SOURCES AND RESOURCES

GET YOUR FREE PDF for SIX-WEEK-SHIFT Week 1 Experience By following the link.

• Graham’s Hancock video on plant medicine
• Scott's Journal on Huachuma plant medicine
• Dandapani's Interview on London Real 
• Ireland's Causeway Rock
• Causeway Rock's Myth
• My Blog Post/Podcast on How to sleep like a baby.
• Scientific American Article : The impact of computer light on sleep. 
• Wim Hof's Breathing method

CONNECT WITH SCOTT

www.CausewayLiving.com

www.facebook.com/CausewayLiving

www.twitter.com/CausewayLiving

www.instagram.com/CausewayLiving

CONNECT WITH US

• email: [email protected]
• Join us here on facebook

Join our facebook group here   Today I’m going to share a tool so simple that anyone can do, that will help you manage stress in your daily life. This method is call “mindful alarm”. These alarms will trigger you to take deep breath and cultivates mindfulness in your busy day. It goes like this.  

1. Set alarms on your desktop or your phone 4-6 times a day
2. Know that you’ll stop everything you do and take ten deep breath when the alarm goes off.

  By doing so, I have found that.  

• I am reminded to take deep breath and be aware of my senses, my breath, and the fact that I am here, now.
• 10 deep breaths are the space between thoughts. It give me mental breaks. I find that my focus and creativity improve after such simple 2 minutes break.
• I am training my brain to STOP. By using alarm to trigger me every 2-3 hours. Even now, without the alarms, I will have a thought that says “Have you taken 10 deep breaths yet” Let’s do it. It’s a great tool to step back and be aware in the midst of a work day.
• Deep breathing elevates your state, oxygenate your blood, your posture improves, it has positive effect on both your mental and physical state.

  Brandon Burchard does a similar thing on his phone and he calls it a “Trigger”. I call it the “Reminder” or a snap back to reality. It bring you back to the base line reality that you are a human being, breathing, beating his heart, playing this role of in this society.   A great reminder of the underlying truth that we are a living being, and we should be grateful for the ability to acknowledge and be that.   So Breath. And know that you are okay.   Join our facebook group here

Karen Thomson is the founder of the Sugar Free Revolution. She is a recovering sugar addict and founder of the Harmony Eating & Lifestyle Program  She is also the author of the bestselling book ‘Sugar Free: 8 weeks to freedom from sugar and carb addiction’.

 

I had a conversation with Karen Thomson around the problem of excessive sugar consumption and sugar addiction in today's society. She told story about her journey from being a sugar addict to breaking free and now leading a global revolution against sugar.

On this episode you will learn the different happy brain chemicals that drive your entire life.

Learning points/discussion

- Our ability to build new connections in the brain

- Brain gets more efficient at what it does, it conducts electricity faster, it feels natural.

- How to form habits

- Brain is designed to learn from whatever feels good and whatever feels bad.

- Focus on what you want rather than what you don’t want

- Healthy distraction. 

- We are more likely to feel threatened when we are not doing anything.

- Craving equals feeling threatened.

- Anxiety and Anger Habits

- “Hell in a hand basket feeling” Circuit

- We are designed to compared ourselves to others

- We are wired for serotonin

- What happens when you can’t find positives in your life?

- We are naturally selected to procreate

- How can I feel good with what I have? 

- "You always have a choice"

- Social comparison is just a habit of the brain

- Your self-criticism is an illusion

- The brain is trained to look for negativity.

- Anytime something hurt you, you brain will protect you from ever repeating that experience.

- Herd instinct (agreeable shitty experience)

- What is reproductive success

- We are wired for better partners // better genes for better survival //Better nutrition and better territory

- The Addiction to Dopamine through our phones, emails and gadgets

 

- The different brain chemicals [Dopamine/Oxytocin/Serotonin]