Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast

In today’s podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brian Solis to talk about his new book Lifescale: Escape from the Dark Side of Distractions to Live a Better Life. We discussed everything from raising children with technology, how social media is affecting our creativity, brain science and productivity, and what is really addictive about Netflix. If you want to change your life by shifting your relationship with technology (and therefore your health!) be sure to check out the latest episode Scaling Your Life Out of Overwhelm with Brian Solis.

• What technology and Ayurveda have in common
• How to reawaken your deep creativity
• How and why it is important to treat technology like a drug (especially for our children)

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• How social media makes us all the same by removing our ability to truly express creativity. 
• How Netflix, and technology is general, is as addictive as a drug, and needs to be treated as such. 
• How technology is rewiring our brains, and therefore hindering our productivity.

•  4:50 The problem with living a digital lifestyle
•  23:00 How social media has quelled creativity
•  37:00 Parents weaning their children off of devices

•  “The problem when we live this digital lifestyle, we all in the same ways become little micro celebrities, some folks become real celebrities, that we suddenly have audiences and we suddenly have engagement and we have all of these chemicals running through our body every time we use these devices and apps, where we feel good in those moments and we want more and want to build it more and want to live it more, so we start doing the things that get more of that. The warning signs are all over the place, but what we don’t realize is that yesterday’s warning signs are affecting a person of who we were yesterday and now we are someone different today, and tomorrow we are going to be someone different as well, and that’s the danger of this.” - Brian Solis
• “How can I redefine happiness, how can I redefine success in a modern era on my terms?” - Brian Solis
• “It’s a gift to realize that in the darkness is the light.” - Brian Solis
• “Sleep is Netflix’s biggest competition.” - Brian Solis
• “You can’t have health and wellness without that clarity.” - Cate Stillman
• “Creativity has never been more important, artistic expression has never been more important, liberal arts has never been more important. Breaking free from our dependency on forms of technology and actually being ourselves and expressing ourselves in unique ways, even if the world doesn’t see it, is actually what is going to help us stand out in this world where everybody is essentially the same.” - Brian Solis 

A digital analyst, anthropologist, and futurist, Solis has studied and influenced the effects of emerging technology on business, marketing, and culture. His research and his books help executives, and also everyday people, better understand the relationship between the evolution of technology and its impact on business and society and also the role we each play in it. As a result of his work, Solis also helps leading brands, celebrities, and startups develop new digital transformation, culture 2.0, and innovation strategies and that enable businesses to adapt to new connected markets from the inside out. Connect with Solis with his website and facebook.

Do you know the difference between spending and investing? Today I sat down to talk to you about the value of investing in your future self, and exactly how to do that. Not only will you learn how to make smarter decisions today, but also how to save yourself money in the long run by aligning your present with your future self. 

• Understanding the difference between spending and investing
• Guidance towards aligning with your evolved future self 
• How to strengthen your intuitive body muscle

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• Cate describes the differences between investing and spending
• Cate breaks down our cultured patterns around money and how to end the cycle
• Cate teaches the value of investing in yourself

• “Spending is what we do when we have a momentary or wasteful experience … Investing is aligned to the potential of the future self”
• “You can’t invest attention without investing time” 
• “The more persistent you are, the more inevitable it becomes” 

In this week’s episode, tune in to find out how Diana Jendoubi’s life changed when she started shifting her habits. She saved her marriage, lost excess weight, and left a job that was not giving her life. Her dedication to cultivating her habits has transformed everything for her. You will also hear from Janeen and Joe Violante, a couple who is inspiring each to thrive! They have saved money, eased their pain, and gained more energy. These are stories you don’t want to miss!

• How Body Thrive can transform your relationships, your spending, your body, and your life. 
• How Diana saved her marriage, lost excess weight, and changed her job by starting with small steps to change her habits. 
• How Janeen and Joe have saved money, healed their physical pain, and reconnected by Body Thriving together. 
  

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In today's podcast, I had the pleasure to speak with Dr. Claudia Welch about aging, menopause, and all the things that don't really pause as we begin to experience the second half of the human lifespan. As our physical body and endocrine system starts to change, we emphasize how important it is for us to let go of the past and reorient our minds to look forward to the self exploration that awaits. If you're ready shift your paradigm on aging, and understand how we can surrender to find peace in the process, make sure to tune in!

• How we can look at the idea of aging and see it as a liberating experience that we have the privilege to become curious about.
• The understanding that the second half of our lives is not something to dread or shy away from but rather a new phase that finally gives us the time and opportunity to plunge the depths of our souls.
• An understanding of the health benefits that accompany the acceptance of the internal adventure of aging.

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• How we shift our focus from our material body and our identity, which are the major focus of the first two phases of life, and are encouraged to go deep into the depths of our soul and find fulfillment there.
• What it means to reach of phase of menopause, and how it affects the perception of many different types of people.
• The value in seeking to embody and learn from the elders that increasingly find more bliss and fulfillment as they age.

• 2:30- There are four main stages of life, each of which have a specific objective and purpose for us to deeply understand and embody.
•  8:15- Understanding that there is an attractive and desirable perception of aging that we can tap into and embrace. 
• 20:00- The process of menopause requires for us to let go of controlling the innate nature of our bodies and to flow with the physiological change.
• 29:05- The nature of inclusivity and how we can be limited in our behaviors that are built upon exclusivity.
• 32:30- Learning to surrender to the divine timing of the universe.

• “Then we get to the last stage of life—the moksha stage, where we’re liberated from a tremendous amount of bondage, or the cloak of personality in which we’ve become.” - Claudia
• “You are being transformed on a deep level beyond your control… there’s a surrender to that.” - Claudia
• “In this time were realizing the soul, and spending some time with it. Knowing that the process will be very uncomfortable and weird for a while, but that's what makes it interesting!” - Claudia
• “It’s choosing to surrender that leads to pleasure.” - Cate
• “Don’t clutch onto the old— let the change and morphing happen.” - Claudia

Dr. Claudia Welch is the author of Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness Through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western Science and The Four Qualities of Effective Physicians: Practical Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Physicians. She is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, an Ayurvedic practitioner and international speaker. Dr. Welch explores how ideas in Eastern medicine apply to women’s health, and today’s reality in general. Learn more at Dr.ClaudiaWelch.com

Listen in while Cate and Megan discuss the Superpower of your constitution. Cate brings it back to unpack the basics of the doshas - including how to recognize if your body and your mind have different doshas and imbalances. Learn what Ayurveda says about the superpowers and kryptonite of each dosha and how YOU can use the superpower of your unique constitution to bring you closer to your Dharma (purpose). 

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• Understand that your mind and your body may have different doshas and different imbalances and how they are connected.
• Learn the superpowers and kryptonite of each dosha to better understand YOUR superpower.
• Discover what Ama (toxins) you have that is holding you back from achieving your Dharma (purpose).

Megan Pintus joined the Yogahealer team in September. She currently resides in Virginia where she manages a yoga studio in a thriving community. Her profession and her passion are to support others in taking their visions of changing current culture and making them a reality.

Paul Jarvis is an author, a maker of software and online courses, and a digital privacy enthusiast. His writing and ideas focus around the contrarian view that business growth isn’t always good, and isn’t always required. In this episode, Paul sits down with Cate to discuss his newest book, Company of One.

• How to figure out if “bigger” is really better for your company.
• How growth can sometimes promote you out of a job you love.
• Why there is no one “right” way to build a business.

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• 2:03 to 5:30 - Paul explains the premise of Company of One.
• 11:16 to 14:04 - Paul discusses the key messages from Company of One, including why there is no one right way to build a business.
• 14:35 to 18:57 - Cate and Paul discuss the benefits of hiring a freelance contractor to do bitwork as opposed to hiring an employee. At the end, Cate explains how this relates to Yoga Health Coaching.
• 21:52 to 26:02 -  Cate and Paul discuss autonomy vs. desire and how it relates to tantric yoga. Paul explains how every business is a lifestyle business.

• “I think money is an amplifier. So if you’re a good person and an intentional person, and you make money in your business, then you’re just going to amplify awesome!” --- Paul Jarvis
• “Chasing ‘more’ is hard because there’s no way to define ‘more’ . . . . and I think the antithesis of that is to think about what ‘enough’ is.” --- Paul Jarvis
• “The reason I work for myself is to remove as much responsibility as possible and still be profitable.” --- Paul Jarvis
• “Every business is a lifestyle business.” --- Paul Jarvis

Paul Jarvis is a writer and designer who’s had his own company of one for the last two decades. His latest book, Company of One, explores why bigger isn’t always better in business.

He’s worked with professional athletes like Steve Nash and Shaquille O’Neal, corporate giants like Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz, and entrepreneurs with online empires like Danielle LaPorte and Marie Forleo.

Currently, he teaches popular online courses, hosts several podcasts and develops small but mighty software solutions. Contact Paul on his website.

In today’s podcast, Grace Edison and I go in depth on why we should encourage each other to express our own strengths and expertise, instead of hiding them in the dark to be socially interpreted as “humble”. We share the potential benefits that can come from a conversation that is approached with this form of confidence and integrity. If you're in need of a fresh and light perspective of yourself, tune in to reveal the potential breakthroughs that are awaiting you at Yogahealer Live Events!

• A deeper perspective on why we tend to repress our ability to be outwardly proud and confident about our strengths.
• How Yogahealer Live Events helps people dive into their specific personality traits and own their nature without judgement.
• How we can dramatically improve our lives by embracing our expertise that each of us, uniquely excel in.

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• In the Live Events we start to look at why we shy away from glorifying our special powers and characteristics, and how we can stand in their presence and confidently share them with others.
• The Yogahealer community is able to work together to identify each other’s strengths and shadows when a person has a more difficult time seeing their own.
• We look to identify what structures our conversations are happening in so that we can learn how to create liberating structures.

• 2:35- Yogahealer Live Events works to shift our perceptions of ourselves to rapidly catalyze our lives in an evolutionary direction.
• 6:00- It is important for us to acknowledge where we are at in life, without deeming it ‘good’ or ‘bad, and comparing it to where other people are at in life.
• 11:00- Explains how we are programmed to be firm in or negative beliefs and to keep our assets in the darkness in order to be “humble”
• 21:45- In conversations we seek to sift and sort through the structures in our lives that are outdated so that we can create liberating ones to improve all aspects of our lives.

• “Yogahealer Live Events are where the breakthroughs happen fast.” - Cate Stillman
• “... Thank you for telling me. Brag more to me so that I know what I can go to you for, what your expertise is, and so that I know the level of the game your playing.” - Cate Stillman
• “If 45 people come to an event, 45 people have breakthroughs.” - Cate Stillman

Grace Edison lives in British Columbia, Canada. She’s a mom of twin 8 year olds, a Yoga teacher, studio owner, and Yoga Health Coach — and she also works for Cate Stillman in Admissions at Yogahealer! More than anything, she loves to make people laugh and has a not-so-secret dream of doing stand-up comedy. Grace has a strong passion for empowering others to take their health and wellness into their own hands. She loves building authentic relationships, making people laugh, and creating supportive communities. After a long-standing relationship with severe depression, Grace has found deep relief through the habits of Ayurveda — and much credit is due to Cate and her Body Thrive program. After taking Body Thrive several times and jumping into Yoga Health Coaching, Grace came aboard the Yogahealer team.

Live from the Yogahealer retreat in Punta Mita! Cate sits down with Elise Marie Collins and Hadlee Garrison to discuss radiant longevity and intergenerational Body Thrive! Elise is the author of Super Ager, a practical and concise guide to optimal aging. Hadlee is a yoga health coach whose mother and grandmother are members of her coaching group.

• How a short, daily breath-body practice can have a big impact on long-term health.
• How our habits and identity evolution have a ripple effect up and down generational lines.
• What “blue zones” can teach us about how to age well.

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• “Aging begins in utero.” --- Elise Marie Collins
• “Our long-term radiant longevity strategy is inherently intergenerational.” --- Cate Stillman
• “It can’t be said enough that intergeneral experience of health and of connection is super, super important.” --- Hadlee Garrison

A visionary yoga teacher for over twenty years as well as an inspirational content creator, Elise uses the tools of Ayurveda and scientific research to uplift the planet by shifting old paradigms that have kept humans stuck. Guided by her teachings, her students are empowered to embrace their authentic selves as well as their true life’s mission. Elise is committed to helping people all over the world move out of darkness and into light and has touched thousands through her yoga instruction and publications. Elise has authored three books on healthy living. Her latest, Super Ager, inspires readers to optimize their well-being for longevity in the 21st century and beyond. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Gerontology program at University of Southern California. Check out her website and facebook page.

We are constantly giving and receiving feedback. Take a moment to reflect. What feedback have you been receiving lately? How have you perceived it? With what senses? And how can you learn from the feedback you’ve received? In this episode, Cate sits down with Megan Pintus to discuss how we can use the feedback we receive to learn and grow.

• How to learn faster using feedback.
• How we dismiss and invalidate feedback.
• How to recognize and receive feedback more skillfully.

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• Cate explains how the five elements and the three doshas play into how we receive feedback.
• Cate and Megan discuss Why feedback often needs to feel uncomfortable in order for us to learn from it.
• Cate explores a quote from Douglas Stone: “Explicit disagreement is better than implicit misunderstanding.”

• “It’s just about deeply processing what’s going on. And the skills of yoga and meditation, it really gives rise to that. Just being in the ground of being will process the experience at an accelerated rate.” --- Cate Stillman
• “When we’re in our own mind chatter, when we’re in our own dialogue, there’s no space for anybody else or any other options. And we create this false reality.” --- Megan Pintus
• “The more rooted you are in your habits, the more you’re really clear that you’re actually supported from within, . . . you’re intrinsically supported from the elements.” --- Cate Stillman

Megan Pintus joined the Yogahealer team in September. She currently resides in Virginia where she manages a yoga studio in a thriving community. Her profession and her passion are to support others in taking their visions of changing current culture and making them a reality.

In today’s podcast, Rachel Peters and I reflect upon our past experiences at Yogahealer Live Events, and why we feel so refreshed after each and every time. We unravel the feeling of identity evolution and what it means to be a leader by just showing up at the retreats. Just one day at a Live Event has been life changing for so many, so tune in to discover why so many people leave the retreats with an entirely newfound perspective on their lives, and the lives of others.

• A deeper look at the benefits of going out of the daily routine of life to experience life through a new lens at the event.
• What it means to become a leader through engaging in this life-changing event.
• An understanding of how we can evolve our community at home through experiencing this retreat.
• Rachel Peters describes that the live Yogahealer events assist her in getting out of her daily routine and comfortability. She fees enabled to step out of her habits and routine and take a few days to look at herself, her life, her business, and her family from a whole new perspective.
• Cate explains that the activities at the retreat are very liberating but structured at the same time. Where people are paired into small groups to do specific types of activities that have their own structure and form. What people often discover is how to get out of their own way in life!
• It’s an amazing opportunity for growth with people who are going through similar struggles in life. It's a place where we can be vulnerable and dig deep down to understand the hurdles we’re facing in our personal and professional life.

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• 1:48-3:07- Rachel gives her take on the values and lessons that she personally gains from each experience at Yogahealer live events.
• 3:25- The participants that attend the Yogahealer live events get to step into a role of leadership for the Iives of many others, for simply knowing the information they do, and having the valuable experience of the retreat.
• 4:00- The people at the retreat get to participate in many perception-altering activities that leave them looking at their life, their work, and the lives of others in a completely new way.
• 7:22- One older individual who is showing up as a leader for her family and explains how the attendees are becoming leaders be just being there. They become leaders for their families, communities, yoga studios, and many others because of the knowledge and experienced they’ve gained access to at the retreat.
• 8:46- Rachel feels as though the retreat has always been a worthy investment for her progression in life. It is so important to invest in your own health education

• “What’s cool to see in even people living with Ayurveda, or in Body Thrive, who aren’t in our wellness pro career track, how much the self leadership, family leadership, and community leadership component is getting developed because of these live experiences.” - Cate Stillman
• “There’s all this identity evolution. What happens is we start to realize that were leaders. There’s just this authenticity, vulnerability, adaptability, resilience— all the signs of being rooted.” - Cate Stillman
• “You are your own best investment.” - Cate Stillman

Since 2001 Rachel has been supporting others through body, mind and heart-based yoga classes, trainings, mentoring and workshops. Her goal is to share how these practices have helped her shift into a more conscious, vibrant and easeful relationship to life and to support anyone who is ready to do the same. She’s been a serious practitioner and student of yoga from a young age and has thousands of hours of teacher training, immersions, workshops and retreats with phenomenal and inspiring teachers. In 2011 Rachel answered a deep calling and began her studies of Ayurveda with Cate Stillman at Yoga Healer. That same year, she began intensive studies with Paul Muller-Ortega of Blue Throat Yoga on the practice and theory of meditation and embraced a daily meditation practice that changed her life. These simultaneously launched her into a clear vision and daily approach of what she needed to do in order to thrive in the modern world. She now offers Ayurvedic Living immersions to help you to get light in your body, clear in your mind, and thrive in your life. Connect with Rachel on her website.