United By Stoke is the RAVEN 425 RISE ABOVE Podcast

It's been a long long time since I picked up the phone and called some of my family.... and today was the day - how good it felt to bring some positive energy to the others on the other end of the phone 📱... and vissa versa - I mean it really felt good 😊 and it was such a small act. A simple act of making time and being present... and listening 👂 -being there - showing you care by putting in the time. Truly amazing how it's the little acts that make the biggest impact!! Take a listen 👂 and let me know what you think

In the end of it all we will only wish we had either not wasted our time or had more time. I am just starting to understand how finite our time here on this amazing planet actually is. Yet to make sure I am present and around during all the times society tells me I should be ... a lot of the times (not all but a good portion) I question why I chose to be there when I know the talk and redirect is absolutely absurd pointless and has no baring on anything of substance or value... so what's the point?🤔- I talk on how instead of being there I could be making content- or music or whatever. Take a listen 👂 and let me know what how u feel about your time. For the Blog-Vlog-Podcast and Music it's www.mossamo.com

On my way to class this evening I was Stopped in my Tracks by some news. The type of news that makes you scratch your head- makes you question the world - makes you question your own mortality even makes you ask that question why does this stuff happen 🤔. The news was about 3 different friends of mine who have been on this journey with me - some for 8 plus years so for only a year ... but none the less it still shook me right to the core of my belief system - and all those questions came up for me - especially mortality and how long do we have here... and what am I doing with that time ~ take a listen 👂 to see what got me shook

There is always something in our day we probably DO NOT Look 👀 forward to doing maybe :working - cleaning- paying taxes ... u know what I'm talking about right!🙌 -this happened to me this morning I had a full day 10 hours of doing things related to my business that I just was not looking forward to at all. From past experience I knew if I kept this mindset minute after minute hour after hour ... I was in trouble. So I tried something new. What if I looked at it like a day at the beach 🌊 or a day off- pump ✊ up the music and just try to enjoy it as best as I can. Although not as fun it honestly worked and so much so that during parts of the day we tried new things that we usually contracted out - did them ourselves... successfully and we were all on a high from accomplishing something new 🙌👊❤️ try thinking a new way!!

In this episode I speak about how my lesson last nigh in my under ground hand to hand combat training group was a massive massive learning lesson for me- again after 9 years of mental strength training and self awareness learning and almost 2 years of this under ground training I was left with another failing forward moment 🤔 we were taught a technique and we went at it for 2 hours. After about 30 minutes I was starting to take massive beatings and pain was starting to set in... from that the self doubt all came in : maybe I am 2 weak - 2 small - 2 slow - maybe even not smart enough to understand this technique- maybe I am not good enough or meant to do this. Real talk on all those thoughts - but because I am so so stubborn I just kept on going not wanting to give up - I showed my pain by yelling and complaining every time they landed shot after shot. Then after 1 hour and 45 minute mark the coach said "I can't watch this any longer - just move your hands here ... a simple 5

As a group of us (adults)sat around in the kitchen area - the moms of the group put their children 👶 in front of the TV for a movie 🎥 so that they could join in on the adult time ... after maybe 15-20 mins some of the mothers were trying to talk to their kids.... but there was absolutely no reply- these kids were gone/lost/overtaken by what they were watching - so much so that it became a joke. Then the talk of the new generation came in and how the technology was possibly destroying the kids?🤔 Yet later that evening I sat down to get into some escapism myself ...and low and behold the exact same situation came up - there are no differences between us and the kids! We are all the same. Take a listen to hear 👂 how it went down

In my mind studies class or mindfulness class we had a great 👍 new speaker 🔊 who had a perfect way to word things - it was a reminder that even for them after 30 plus years of practice even they never stop ✋ learning - how refreshing is that to 👂 hear - we truly are like children 👶. She spoke about the importance of not passing on your suffering but rather your wisdom... and how that change there changes the physiology in our body and changes the mindset in our mind. As well as how appreciating the moment for what it is... as we will never ever get that moment back. It's gone as quick as it came and how being in that moment changes our outlook on our reality - putting us into a great full state.... take a listen and vibe with me

In my first ever voice over gig offer -I can tell you how excited I was to be asked to represent for such a good cause and great 👍 company... and what an opportunity for myself as well. Yet on the day of the actual studio booking my mind started to play tricks on me- and I always speak on this : how the mind tries to control us through the subconscious negative 👎 bias- the things it was bringing up were absolutely absurd and thankfully 😅 due to self awareness and years of practice I was able to control the fake narrative- but the mind is always going to do what it does... we just have to stay on top of it!!❤️🙌👊take a listen 👂 to my experience

We continue on about how important this very moment is to make change for the better. None of us are immune to sickness 😷or death 💀... but having said that why would we not work our hardest to be and stay healthy and at our peak for as long as possible to enjoy all the beauty this amazing 😉 planet 🌎 has to offer. 🤔even as we get to the older stages of our life the 70-80-90 ... to be able to move freely still have our mind and body working... blessings! We are not guaranteed tomorrow more so 50 plus years from now but again make the better choices day by day for a way more power life! Mind body and soul trust me you won't be disappointed!❤️🙌👊😘

I was told today by my friend who is a pretty good 😊 old pal that 1 - he planed to retire on this day and 2- he was given only something like 6 months to live after his doctor 👨‍⚕️ visit... could you image working your whole life and then being told that right when you decide to really start living the life your dreamed of. I speak on how and why I think what we put into our body from food to stress matters for the long haul and the sooner we make it a habit (to be healthier) the sooner it becomes our lifestyle and the better our day to day life will be.... I am living proof of this! To feel better everyday is simply amazing 🙌👊❤️