Weaving Your Reality

In this solo episode, I give you a behind the scenes update that covers:

• The purchase that changed my life
• My top learnings from recent podcast episodes
• What I learned from McKel Kooienga of Nutrition Stripped
• What I learned from working with Aaron Rose
• The energetic shift that led to my TikTok (@whereisksenia) blowing up to 250K followers
• How my perspective on intuition vs strategy has shifted since I started the podcast
• Unexpected miracles that happened on my birthday
• Trusting the flow of divine timing
• I tried building funnels and it worked
• What are funnels, anyway?
• The Heart Bowl story and how I set up the biggest heart bowl sale ever
• When will the Conscious Social Media Program will launch again?
• The Conscious Social Media Method

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Mentioned:

• Sunlighten infrared sauna (mention my name to get a huge discount on shipping)
• The Heart Bowl 20% off code: INYOURGROOVE
• Human Design x Social Media Workshop
• Funnel building software I use: Groove Funnels
• Email marketing software I use: ConvertKit
• The Social Bungalow Live Launch Academy - DM @whereisksenia on Instagram to get your bonus when you sign up for her course using my link!
• Breakfast Criminals eBook
• Conscious Social Media Program
• Yahoo Finance: The Top 10 Social Media Coaches of 2020

Previous podcast episodes mentioned:

• Episode 113: Shannon Lutz
• Episode 105: McKel Kooienga
• Episode 110: Aaron Rose
• Episode 109: Luiza Florence Black
• Episode 101: Erin Eber
• Episode 93: Alyson Charles
• Episode 91: Lynan Saperstein
• Episode 60: Suzy Batiz

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I recently had a Human Design for Business reading with Nikki Brafman (@nikkibrafman), and learning my energetic patterns and blocks that were holding me back in my business were a game-changer. Combined with Conscious Social Media Method principles, it's had a huge impact on my business.

I'm excited to share Nikki's human design wisdom with you in this episode and announce that we're coming together to lead a live workshop on how understanding your human design can give you the space and clarity to effortlessly create an aligned online presence.

We will guide you through exercises so that by the end of the workshop, you've not only gained clarity but also taken specific steps towards a social media strategy that aligned with who you are and your business goals.

This workshop is a combination of Nikki's Human Design guidance and the Conscious Social Media Method.

What: Human Design x Conscious Social Media Method Workshop

When: Monday August 17, 2020 @7pm ET (replay available for ticket holders)

Register: Buy your ticket here, early bird pricing ends on August 11!

In this episode, we discuss:

• What I learned about my human design reading with Nikki and what actions it led to in my business (I'm a Manifestor)
• The importance of approaching human design with an open mind
• Nikki's experience with niching down from business coach to a human design reader
• How Human Design can be an effective tool for business and personal relationships
• The 5 Human Design energy types and a social media tip for each type
• Using Human Design to shine the light on inner blocks that might be holding back your growth
• Can Human Design help you eat in alignment to your energy type?

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Mentioned:

• Find out your human design energy type
• Join the Human Design x Conscious Social Media workshop

Connect with Nikki Brafman:

• nikkibrafman.com

• @nikkibrafman

• @humandesignforbusiness

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Shannon Lutz is a marketing mentor and owner of The Social Bungalow (@thesocialbungalow), where she creates high converting marketing strategies for female entrepreneurs who want to become wildly in demand.

I learn something every time I come across Shannon's content on Instagram – and let me tell you, she's generous with dropping knowledge to her community.

I can only imagine how good her upcoming course, Live Launch Academy is going to be.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com/113

We discuss:

• My a-ha moment from exploring Shannon's work
• Shannon's journey from corporate to self-employed
• How long she had a side hustle before leaving her corporate salary
• How long did it take to reach $10k months?
• The role that social media in building a niche business that brings $30K+ per month
• Why you don't need tens of thousands of followers to have a successful business
• How to use smaller following to your advantage
• How to scale your services from one-to-one to one-to-many
• Instagram algorithm explained
• Relationship building on Instagram
• How to be efficient on social media and batch content
• How Shannon started creating online products
• Front-end launches and backend launches
• Why you should consider lifetime value of your customers
• The power of understanding your customers' pain points
• Shannon's morning routine
• Creating free vs paid offerings
• Passive income and revenue stacking
• How to not leave money on the table
• How to create an entry to anchor program suite that makes money
• How to build a successful business on instagram even if you don't love using it as an individual
• How to batch content for social media
• How to not be afraid of the camera
• The role of branding in an online business
• How to be consistent on Instagram

Mentioned:

• Human Design for Business x Conscious Social Media Workshop
• Live Launch Academy

Connect with Shannon Lutz:

• Thesocialbungalow.com
• @thesocialbungalow

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Anisa Benitez is my first ever podcast guest that I discovered on TikTok (@anisabenitez). The discoverability of new faces and types of content on TikTok is like nothing I've experienced before – it's a great way to expand your creative thinking and your subconscious beliefs about what's possible.

Anisa is on a mission to dismantle the 'starving artist' stigma and bring higher consciousness forward through media. She shares content about self-care, mindfulness and what she calls "creative wellness".

In this conversation, we cover:

• Using social media to serve others
• Marketing in a templatized way vs creative marketing
• Why she left the corporate world to become an entrepreneur
• Allowing intuition to inform your decisions
• Appetite for substance on TikTok
• Sustaining creative practices for wellness and healing
• Social media boundaries
• Making deeper impact with fewer people over amassing "followers"
• Cancel culture vs Social media energy hygiene
• Finding your own way to do social media
• Is high quality visual content where it's at?
• Anisa's experience being a primary caregiver to her partner
• Practical self-care tips
• I share my recent psychedelic experience
• The intersection of marketing and spirituality

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Learn how to grow on TikTok.

Alexandra Roxo (@alexandraroxo) returns on Woke & Wired to expand on our conversation about business, funnels, Instagram, shame and her new book, F*ck Like a Goddess: Heal Yourself. Reclaim Your Voice. Stand in Your Power.

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We discuss:

• Learning business as a someone with an arts background
• How astrology helps her plan her business projects
• Alexandra's revenue streams
• Launching with vs without funnels
• How moving from New York to LA helped her release the need to "be somebody"
• Releasing the internal programming of the "American dream"
• Why she isn't focusing on growing her instagram account
• Redefining the meaning of numbers on Instagram
• Rewriting your limiting beliefs
• Meeting parts of yourself that have been lost
• Letting go of projects and pivoting
• Radical Awakenings Membership
• What is a "priestess"?
• Being a channel between the visible and the invisible
• Alexandra's experience working with plant medicines
• Privilege in wellness
• Posting on instagram as a practice of opening a writing channel
• How to deal with digital overwhelm and set healthy boundaries
• Allowing your internal people pleaser to die
• Having the courage to be seen as a public person
• Who Alexandra's new book, F*uck like a Goddess is for
• Releasing shame around your sexuality

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Being in Aaron Rose's (@aaronxrose) presence is a frequency upgrade in itself – beyond words. I've had the pleasure of working with Aaron as my coach (after being guided to do so in a mediation), and it was incredible – I share a glimpse into one of my biggest learnings in this episode. Experience Aaron's magic for yourself in this conversation!

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We discuss:

• • Intentional frequency exchange online and how to set energetic boundaries in your DMs
  • Making every moment of life a prayer
  • Thriving as a human being on earth
  • The pivotal point in his business path
  • Maximum darkness to maximum light
  • Growing up with a lot of violence and finding the courage to be in shadow and change the story
  • Why he's been an activist since a young age
  • Taking responsibility for your inner world
  • Offering your experience up to the Divine
  • Willingness as a pathway to transmission
  • How to set a powerful intention for impact on social media
  • Making everything a blessing
  • How to protect your energy online and social media sovereignty
  • The revenue streams of Aaron's business
  • Money as a teacher in self-worth
  • Affiliate commissions as a powerful revenue stream
  • How to get started with online courses
  • Releasing the fear of being seen through shadow work
  • Cultivating powerful presence
  • How rebranding led to an energetic shift that made his Instagram account go viral
  • Conscious consumption and why Aaron mutes most accounts he follows
  • Encoding angel numbers into your Instagram profile
  • What showing up on social media has to do with dating
  • What does the 3D to 5D consciousness shift mean?
  • The shared experience Aaron and I had at Aniwa gathering of indigenous leaders
  • What Aaron learned from living with Maori teachers in New Zealand

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In this podcast and YouTube series, I'm sharing my journey on TikTok.

This is week five: 6,000 followers to 40,000 followers.

In this episode, I share the top 7 things I've learned from growing my TikTok account from 0 to 40K followers in 5 weeks.

I'm also sharing how TikTok has impacted my business and the deals that I've closed thanks to my consistent presence on the platform and intentional, strategic outreach to potential partners.

I've never said this about any other social media platform before, but here it goes: If your business / personal brand doesn't get on TikTok now, you'll regret it a year from now. There are still so many people who are held back from joining the conversation… which means opportunity for you to become a thought leader in your niche!

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Watch this episode on YouTube.

To get started on TikTok, get a free download on wokeandwired.com/tiktok

In this episode, I cover:

• The brand deals I've closed because of my TikTok account
• The types of content that have gone viral on my TikTok account
• The power of creating series on TikTok
• How strangers quickly become a community based on mutual interests on TikTok
• How to deal with mean comments on TikTok
• How to come up with content ideas on TikTok
• How the TikTok algorithm works
• Why you shouldn't take down your TikTok videos (and the only times when it's ok to take down)
• How to effectively use the "duet" feature (an example that led to 88K views and 950+ shares on one duet post)
• How to create a "hook" in the first 3 seconds of your TikTok
• Speculations and actionable TikTok tips
• Do hashtags actually work on TikTok?
• Why you should create original sounds on TikTok

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Luiza Florence Black (@luizaflorence) is an award-winning Brazilian host and journalist who has collaborated with many channels and publications like NBC, HBO, New York Times and Los Angeles times.

She is also a mother, herbalist and moon ceremonialist. Luiza participated in the most recent Conscious Social Media Program to launch a project dedicated to healing Hashimoto's disease with science, nutrition and spirituality. In this episode, Luiza shares her grounding and healing energy with us.

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We discuss:

• Luiza's experience taking the Conscious Social Media Program
• A conscious way to approach social media strategy
• Finding coherence between your job and spiritual practices
• What is permaculture and biodynamic farming
• Practices to feel grounded
• Being influenced by her spiritual medium grandmother
• Overcoming fear of spirituality
• Her struggle to find out the truth about her health
• Being diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease
• Autoimmune disease as a pathway to spirituality
• How yoga, chanting and visualization led to miraculous healing
• What happens in a moon ceremony?
• Losing home in Malibu fires
• How Luiza lost her Instagram account with 200K followers and what she did next
• Creating new possibilities using social media
• What brought Luiza from Brazil to USA
• What role acai played in her meeting her husband
• The power of voting with your dollar

Mentioned:

• Conscious Social Media Program
• Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

Connect with Luiza Florence Black:

• @luizaflorence
• @meuamigohashimoto

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Laura Chung (@kumidreams on Instagram) is a spiritual coach on a mission to help you co-create your dream life with energy work. She's a fellow ceremonial cacao lover and one of my favorite people to follow on TikTok.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• Laura's journey from corporate America to being a spiritual healer
• Cacao ceremony and activating the pineal gland
• The turning point in healing from a violent childhood
• The importance of energetically preparing your body for healing, expansion and manifestation
• Pivoting your social media identity (from food to travel to inner work)
• Aligning to your truth and finding your special sauce
• How to optimize your Instagram bio
• How she got on TikTok
• The strategy that helped her new TikTok account helped her surpass her Instagram
• Getting clients through TikTok
• Her TikTok creation process
• Channeling content for social media
• Redefining success

Mentioned:

• Woke & Wired 14: Florencia Fridman – Cacao Ceremony and Maya Cosmo-Vision, Align Making Money With Your Divine Purpose
• What is cacao ceremony
• My TikTok Experiment Part 1
• My TikTok Experiment Part 2
• Calling in "The One": 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life by Katherine Woodward Thomas

Connect with Laura:

• IG @kumidreams
• TikTok @laurakchung
• kumidreams.com
• Podcast: awakenandalign.life

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I met LifePlan guide and relationship expert Chanel Dokun (@chanel.dokun) through @amyjomartin's Renegade Brand Bootcamp. Chanel's recent IGTV touched me to the core. She shared:

"It's no mistake that you (with your particular set of skills, talents, gifts, heart and passion) were born during this time to tackle the challenges that are before us."

In this episode we dive deeper into all things purpose.

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We discuss:

• How to identify your purpose
• How to live your life from your unique power
• How she followed the voice inside that told her that she was made for more
• Laving publishing to become a LifePlan guide
• How is Life Planning different from Life Coaching?
• The power of finding answers within
• What is spiritual formation?
• Where spirituality and psychology meet

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