Robin Osterwind is a bravehearted warrior of love, and a writer through and through. She is deeply committed to living her life wide open. She has a huge heart, an amazingly sarcastic sense of humour, she adores musicals and drinks a gargantuan amount of coffee and she writes prolific blog posts and love letters. She has so much to pour into the world. You can check her out at nothingtoowitty.wordpress.com

In this episode we discuss:

~ Vulnerability as the place where *everything* happens

~ Robin's story: from wanting to shoot herself to knowing she’s here on earth with a huge purpose: to love people

~ Dealing with the vulnerability hangover

~ Feeling loneliness and alone, even on a path

~ Why connecting with another human is so important and how it’s NOT the same as getting approval or affirmation from them

~ How to use the ego as a compass in guiding you to know exactly what to do next

~ The beauty of pain

~ The importance of having FUN and how to do it!

Robin's parting message:

Your life matters so deeply.

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Kyle Wood is the founder of a podcast called I Love You Man. (Yes, just like the movie.)

He created the project after going through a hard patch followed by depression while living in a new city. It was during that time he realised how important his male friends were to him and how he hadn't made any close male friends since moving.

The show and the project it lives at (Heartmen.net) document and share his journey to finding our how to make close male friends and how to be better mates with his existing male friends and family.

In this episode we discuss:

~ The drive to be liked and how destructive it can be

~ Figuring out who you are and what you want to do with your life

~ Dealing with uncertainty

~ The pressure of being a "husband" versus a "boyfriend"

And Kyle speaks for the first time publicly about what happened when he cheated on his wife, how they rebuilt their relationship and what was going on for him that led him to it.

This is a brave conversation that might trigger your own 'stuff'. Listen with a curious, open mind and heart.

Kyle's parting thought:

When you're feeling a certain way, don't push it away but ask why you're feeling that way, even if it's uncomfortable.

Ex-Corporate lady turned Confidence Coach & NLP Practitioner, Diana Malerba is currently busy helping women to stop wondering if they are good enough and start living and leading with confidence, courage and resilience.

With a focus on Non Violent Communication and Negotiation techniques, Diana creates positive, dynamic solutions for daily challenges and has a lot of fun doing it. She has the superpower of transforming hardships with grace.

When she is not helping women to affirm themselves and ask for what they want, you'll find Diana in conversations about women empowerment, gender equality and cupcakes.

Connect with Diana at: thebravehearted.ch

Full show notes at: elloaatkinson.com/diana-malerba

In this episode we discuss:

~ The transformational power of acceptance

~ How Diana's rock bottom set her on the path of being a coach

~ The deep work of transforming hardships with grace

~ How coaching and cupcakes really could go well together

~ Why love and self-respect are NOT "nice-to-have"

And much more...

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Toku is an executive coach who coaches the most influential people on the internet (including this show's founder, Elloa, who is delighted to turn the tables and ask HIM lots of questions in this episode!)

He's a on a mission to create 100 inspiring influential and enlightened leaders so that wisdom and compassion become the key metrics of success.

Find him at his amazing new site, unexecutive.com

In this episode we discuss:

~ Compassionate leadership

~ What being a man means to Toku

~ How realising he was NOT being the kind of man he wanted to be became a key turning point

~ What living in a zen monastery was really like

~ The realisation Toku had about taking responsibility for his life that was "scary as s*** and deeply powerful"

~ Whether humans are inherently good or not (Toku and Elloa disagree!)

Plus there are a lot of laughs in this one!

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Toku's parting message

Take action every day. Action is what separates those who have the same old life and business in three years from those who create something extraordinary.

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Lana Shlafer is a speaker, life coach, yogini and creator of the Get Full of Yourself online membership program.

Through her guided meditations, monthly courses and mastermind groups, Lana has helped hundreds of clients who are ready to live an extraordinary life go from "I have a vision" TO I have arrived" with ease, clarity and love.

Lana happily resides in Southern California with her Buddha twins and amazing husband.

In this episode we discuss:

~ Embracing all the colours on the spectrum - living a full on life

~ Why and how Lana learned to manage her emotional intensity

~ The question: "How can I allow what IS, to be?"

~ Why our edges are sacred, too

~ Your inbuilt emotional guidance system and how to know it for yourself

~ Lana shares a vision she experienced in childhood and how that is unfolding in her life today

~ Why she isn’t nervous about speaking to a big audience (hint: it’s a mindset thing)

~ The *one* thing you CAN control and why it’s all you need to be in charge of if you want to be happy

~ How she knows if she is sharing beyond the leading edge

~ Her unique take on vulnerability and putting power outside of self

~ Why she refuses to turn a blind eye to pain and suffering

~ Plus we do a BEAUTIFUL self-love exercise

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Go to www.lanashlafer.com and sign up for her four-minute ease meditation... also give yourself the gift of checking out her Get Full of Yourself Membership program: I'm in it and can hand on heart say that it's brilliant. Find out more here and DEFINITELY do the visualisation exercise halfway down the page: lanashlafer.com/gfy

If you’re in a bad situation, know that it can turn around. It’s not going to happen in one day. Never doubt in your mind that you can’t overcome your problems because you can. And when you do, you will surprise yourself. Sometimes bad things have to happen so that we become who we’re really meant to be.

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Alanna Blundo is a Melbourne-based yoga teacher and blogger plus aspiring life coach, author and speaker. Alanna combines both of her passions of writing and yoga through her business online and offline.

Offline, Alanna teaches both private and group yoga classes. Online, Alanna runs a blog where she talks weekly about her experiences with anxiety and depression, and how yoga, mindfulness and meditation helped her to move past this. She is also in the process of writing a book.

Alanna is passionate about making a difference to the lives of people who are going through what she did by sharing her story in any way that she can to let others know that they can also overcome whatever it is that they need too.

You can connect with Alanna online at www.alannablundo.com

From the podcast

Alanna’s anxiety became so bad that she couldn't leave the house. Now, she's writing a book, practicing mindfulness + meditation, and teaching yoga. In this episode she shares:

- The one question she uses to help her reframe her thoughts, guide her business decisions and shift her out of negativity

- How she decided to not let self-doubt stop her

- Why Bali prompted her to up her business and financial game

- What vulnerability reminds her about her work

- How her struggles transform into habits

- Why planning IS failing… and the secret to what needs to happen before you can really plan

- How depression became suicide ideation and what happened inside her for a turning point to happen

Alanna's practices:

Morning practice: Meditation. Sometimes mandala painting meditation, sometimes formal seated meditation

Spirituality: Gratitude

Creativity: I journal nearly every day. It helps me stay connected to myself.

Relationships: Being honest with regards to your feelings - not your thoughts

Book: How Would Love Respond? by Kurek Ashley

Parting message:

If you’re in a bad situation, know that it can turn around. It’s not going to happen in one day. Never doubt in your mind that you can’t overcome your problems because you can. And when you do, you will surprise yourself. Sometimes bad things have to happen so that we become who we’re really meant to be.

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Subscribe and never miss and episode, and please leave a review on iTunes to help more people find the show.

Come and leave a comment over at elloaatkinson.com/alanna-blundo

Nige Atkinson, author of the forthcoming book “Odd Man Out: Breaking The Vow of Male Silence”, has been described as the voice for a new man. He teaches men and women how to apply the principles of A Course In Miracles in daily life and carries the message that every man has the right to be fully seen and heard.

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Sign up for info on Odd Man Out: Breaking the Vow of Male Silence here.

If you have questions or want to get in touch with Nige, email [email protected]

Morning practice: I start my day with meditation. The ego gets in there very quickly so I think it's important to (attempt to) sit quietly and read ACIM, say prayers.

Practices

Spirituality: Riding my bike.

Creativity: Acting. I'm a keen method actor. I love to play another person with integrity with absolute respect for the human condition. So I love building a character through method acting.

Relationships: Giving each other a soft place to land.

Resources

Book: John Lydon's autobiography, "Anger is an energy"

Song: Nimrod - Enigma Variations

Film: Dead Poet's Society

No matter what may have happened to you in your childhood, and no matter how inhospitable your life may seem, there’s always hope. There’s always another way.

Rather than believing that you have to keep running away from your dilemma, i really encurage you to stop and turn around and take a look. Actually take a step towards it. In that moment you’ll realise that you’re perfectly safe and that in the middle of your struggle, the gold lies.

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This is the first of a new type of episode for the Academy of Miracles Podcast: the solo round. Inspired by listening to podcasts such as The School of Greatness and Good Life Project, Elloa finally bit the bullet and recorded the first episode where she teaches from the wisdom of her personal struggle.

In this episode, Elloa opens up the conversation about what a Higher Power IS and how she found hers at 17 days clean in 2002.

Plus, find out about an exclusive new audio masterclass over at: elloaatkinson.com/wide-open

What do you think of this episode? Send your feedback to [email protected]

About Anne-Sophie

Anne-Sophie Reinhardt is the founder of the award-winning blog Make Peace with Food, Your Body & Yourself. She's a body image expert, Martha Beck Life Coach, speaker and the creator of the Body-Love Wellness Circles and several other self-love and body image programs.

After a 14-year long battle with food and her body, she successfully healed her relationship with herself and is now passionate about helping others find the peace, freedom and happiness she lives every day.

Her story and message have been the focus of a national Swiss documentary and she has been a guest on Swiss national TV. Her work has been published on sites such as the Huffington Post, Copyblogger, Problogger and She Takes on the World.

Work miracles with Anne-Sophie

Anne-Sophie is available for 1:1 coaching. She has a number of products availabe in her online shop including the meditation album, Finally Free.

Find Anne-Sophie over at her website: annesophie.us

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The quick fire round

Morning: I used to have a huge elaborate morning practice and I loved it. I did yoga and I wrote and I meditated. But not anymore! I received a five minute gratitude journal last year, so that’s my routine. I wake up and I take 2-5 minutes to write down a few things I’m grateful for, and some things I want for my son and myself.

Practices

Spirituality: Being here with one breath and dropping into my body.

Creativity: Writing - for my blog, for myself.

Relationships: Listening is the most important thing, having an open ear for people.

Resources

Book: Pack Up the Moon by Anna McPartlin

Song: Mirrors by Justin Timberlake

Parting message

Once, after I’d said “I have to work on myself”, a woman said, “No no no, you don’t have to ‘work’ on yourself, you just have a lot of LOVING to do on yourself.”

Working on yourself can sound so harsh, but if all you have to do is remove the layers of fear and doubt and come to a place of loving yourself.

So don’t “work on yourself.” Just love yourself.

Chandra Scott is a Business Coach & Whole Life Strategist for women entrepreneurs that want to build a a business and life they love and have space to truly enjoy it all.

She works with successful entrepreneurs that yearn for more ease, flow and miracles in all areas of their life. Chandra believes your soul is your one true compass and your soul desires provide all the answers. Therefore, your path is unique and has its own blueprint.

A few of her guilty pleasures are: stimulating her 6 senses, playing with her son and giving energy clearings for new friends and clients.

Chandra says, “I’m into spirituality, Law of Attraction, epigenetics, metaphysics, all things energy, math, sex and raw/clean/slow food. I'm also really into my two year old son.”

If you’re enjoying the podcast, why not subscribe to it in iTunes. I'd so appreciate if you took a couple of moments to write a quick review, too.

Work miracles with Chandra:

Communicate with your business with Chandra's exclusive business healing practice: bit.ly/bizcommunication (I've tried this and it was powerful)

w: chandrascott.com

Listen to your heart and follow it. Know that your ego - the fear, the guilt, the doubt - it’s just there to inform you that this is that big moment where something major is going to happen.

For full show notes come to: elloaatkinson.com/chandrascott