Does it ever happen to you that you catch yourself repeating the same things over and over? It happens to me, until this episode I didn't really know why. I explore that concept in this episode. I'll let you, the listener decide what to take from it.

I CAME PREPARED! Sort of. At least I got some cool self awareness opportunities from preparing for this episode. Hope you enjoyed the first prepared episode.

Intending to be more prepared for situations that are important to me or can have impact on my life’s experience/situation. I tend to improv or “wing” situations because its so much fun. Preparation is boring let’s be honest. As much as i love flowing like water; effortlessly, formless and directionless. It’s also important that i implement the opposite of improvising. That would be preparation. If theres one thing i love as much as winging it, is a fun challenge. So I’ll challenge myself to prepare more for future episodes to provide a more articulated and fully thought out recording that hopefully gets a clearer message across and some personal evolution is always good for the soul.

Important takeaway; everything has its opposite. We tend to focus on one side, which is usually the one we favour. Although, there is so much value in being open to the opposite or polarity. In this example my lesson is improvising vs preparation. They both have their place. Practicing both because harmony and balance can be very useful when it comes to life.

The title speaks for itself. I share a situation where I finally trusted myself and my own journey over what the external was showing me. This is something i struggled with in the past and i finally felt like I overcame that recently. Listen to the episode and create your own meaning to the message i am conveying. How you understand it, is how you’re supposed to interpret it in this moment. P.S. You’re doing great, keep going!

It’s not a simple task to get people to understand you. Iv been in situations where i gave up on trying to be understood and started resenting others as a consequence or arguing away on deaf ears. The first step i took was to starting to understand myself and what i needed so i can start being interdependent in situations and relationships. I came to the realization that if being affected by being misunderstood was so frustrating, it’s because i didn’t understand myself to begin with. How did i expect myself to understand others if i don’t even understand myself? Its not an easy task because if we understood ourselves that would mean we’re so simple and easy to figure out. Each of us is so complex and unique that only we can do this. The most important takeaway is; understand ourselves first, that’s something that can only be done on your own or through guidance of a professional or emotionally intelligent individual.

Now for the episode, I offer a little taste of the mindset shift i made to get more out of my relationships and how i handle situations better by implementing this approach.

I do want to mention that i am not always great with this and tend to disregard others in situations where i should be more mindful, although i am aware and constantly adjusting if i should put my energy in a individual, interaction, situation or not. It’s tough to master. Im not meant to understand everyone and personally, im not here to people please. I implement this mostly for relationships who hold value to me and thats what i try give back as a thank you for their presence. Ill practice expanding that when i see fit.

As usual, there is no directed advice. Just a story and a principle i live by. If you wish, take what you need or disregard it. Everyone is on their own individual journey.

Simply put, in this episode I explore a mindset shift that I am actively making to take myself less seriously and see life as play.

When everything becomes work and obligation, we truly lose what it means to be free. When we tell ourself to “have fun” we feel under the obligation to have fun rather than just doing/being without expecting or forcing. This mindset cannot be taught or learned. It exists in all of us already. To embody it, one must un-learn what is currently known. Only then, will the spirit of play and fun exist.

I realize there is a lot we can learn from children if we observe more. The less authoritative we are, the more we can observe who we truly are through them. Perhaps we are the ones that can learn something from them rather than impose what we think we know.

I was called to share a challenge im currently dealing with. It seems like things are moving so slow and nothing has changed in the last couple of years. To just flat out say it; my mind is somewhere else in the future rather than in the present moment. Im very aware that iv already accomplished so much and so much better off currently than any point in my life. Yet my mind is always setting a new bar or hoping results arrive sooner. The challenge i face is; this avoids meaning and enjoyment of the process.

I share a story and some ways im creating a mindset shift to cultivate more meaning and fulfilment in the process versus the result or thinking my life will be better once i complete the goal. This is a change i believe is invaluable in life. Once i shift my focus from the result or chasing the bars i set for myself to focusing on the experience and the details, i will get more out of the journey. It will inevitably lead to smaller blessings and intricacies i would of missed if i was focused on solely the result, achievement or destination.

Tough decisions are inevitable in life. Do they always have to be so hard though? YES. YES, THEY DO. Theres no “hack” or “easy way” in this episode. They’re hard because if they were easy then they wouldn’t be called hard would they? The moral of this episode is to embrace discomfort, stick to your decisions + keep going , trusting your gut and use two specific versions of yourself as your counsellors when you don’t know what to do. You’ll have to decide to listen to this episode if you want the wisdom around decision making. Hopefully it’s not a hard decision for you! (See what i did there). Hope you enjoy and get value from this episode.

Sharing how going back to childhood brought back lost parts of myself and led me to answers on how i can live a life that’s truer to myself by embodying certain characteristics of my child self.

Life is tough. We are constantly told who we need to be. What we need to do to fit in. We end up doing so to protect ourselves or just simply survive and fulfill obligations the external world put onto us. It doesn’t have to be that way. Not anymore anyway. You have an opportunity to go back and bring back a part of your child self that you shunned away. Your inner child will appreciate it. Who knows, life might start to seem bright again. 😉

In this episode I share a story that allowed me to discover a deeper sense of authenticity through a surface situation and what it means to live a life that is “authentic”, “true” or “real” to oneself.

Authentic: of undisputed origin; genuine.

Fake: a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.