Eric Brief is an artist, entrepreneur, and one of my biggest inspirations on the path of living a life full of heart, adventure and creativity. He's also my husband.

We discuss: 

What we’ve learned from our social media experiment of posting Eric’s art updates on Instagram and TikTok daily for 11 days

What led Eric to making huge origami sculptures

Channeling and meditation 

The synchronicities that led Eric to meet God during an Ayahuasca trip to Peru 

 

Eric’s journey from studying to be a doctor at NYU, to tutoring kids for their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, to real estate, sales, having his own successful digital marketing company and choosing to develop an art career 

 

Creating your own definition of success  

How unreasonable belief and relentlessness made Eric’s digital agency’s success possible 

Some of the key dynamics of Eric and Ksenia’s partnership 

What is it about pyramids and pyramid charged water? 

Making orgonite

Why we stopped sharing crystal grids on Crystal Criminals 

Eric’s main life lesson, according to the Akashic Records

Mentioned: 

Zencastr

@crystalcriminals 

Matias de Stefano on Gaia 

Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock 

Guided Wim Hof breathing YouTube video that we use

Related episodes: 

129 Tiny Cabin and Life Update with My Love Eric Brief

87 Eric Brief – All About Crystals

74 Ksenia and Eric: We Are Going Nomadic! The Why, How and Where

56 We Bought A Tiny Home! Our Adventure From NYC to Upstate New York

Episode sponsor:

I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – is sponsoring this episode. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized.

Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with PRO account. It includes unlimited audio and video recordings, hosting up to 4 guests at once, audio and video mixing and unlimited English transcriptions. You get a 14 day trial and can always downgrade to the free account if you choose to. It’s time to share your story! 

Connect with Eric

Instagram @ericbrief

TikTok @ericbrief

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kseniabrief.com

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Equanimous, aka Nate Stein, is a music producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist who is one of my go-to artists on Spotify.

He combines elements of downtempo, bass, house, and melodic dance music to create a joyous high vibrational atmosphere on the dance floor. Equanimous expands the electronic music experience by playing live djembe, keys, and beatboxing along with his tracks. He’s known for his deep bass, beautiful melodies, live looping, and creative rhythmic beats that take people into a state of euphoric dancing and heart-centered bliss.

We discuss: 

What it’s like to produce music from an energetic perspective

Journey to finding your inner essence through music

When Equanimous decided to choose a career in music

One of the most important spiritual books that influenced Equanimous

Finding your voice and genre as a musician

The reality of having Spotify as an income stream  

What does “Equanimous mean”? And the story of how it was revealed to Nate as his musician name during a Vipassana retreat

What steps to take if you know you have a song in you 

Nate’s conscious dance music, High Vibe Records

What success as an artist looks like for Equanimous

A dream of playing music out of the sky

Nate’s spiritual journey and experiences with plant medicines

Episode sponsor:

I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized.

Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with PRO account. It includes unlimited audio and video recordings, hosting up to 4 guests at once, audio and video mixing and unlimited English transcriptions. You get a 14 day trial and can always downgrade to the free account if you choose to. It’s time to share your story! 

Related episodes: 

158 Mose: Co-creating with The Spirit of Plants, Cacao Dance and Being A Channel for Healing Through Music

152 Ceremonial Singer-Songwriter Ayla Schafer: Music as a Spiritual Force

Mentioned: 

Heather Hoffman aka Activation Vibration

The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Connect with Equanimous: 

Equanimouslove.com

@equanimouslove

Equanimous on Spotify

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

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Make a cup of ceremonial cacao or another beverage that feels cozy, and join me for this ritual to remember the powerful creator that you are.

With this activation, we will intentionally choose to step into a new beginning, picking up along the way any fractals of your being where you’ve given your power away. 

May you step into the portal of your heart, honor the nature within you, and choose to playfully co-create with the elements around you.

Come back to this ritual anytime you’re called to create a new beginning. 

Mentioned: 

What is cacao ceremony? 

The best ceremonial cacao to buy online

Tantric Rose Blossom Ceremonial Cacao

Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain

Related episodes: 

158 Mose: Co-creating with The Spirit of Plants, Cacao Dance and Being A Channel for Healing Through Music

101 Erin Eber: Frequency Healing and Cacao Ceremony

127 Keith Wilson: Ceremonial Cacao for Creativity & Business

152 Ceremonial Singer-Songwriter Ayla Schafer: Music as a Spiritual Force

14 Florencia Fridman: Cacao Ceremony and Maya Cosmo-Vision, Align Making Money With Your Divine Purpose

Connect with Ksenia: 

• kseniabrief.com
• Ksenia's email list
• Instagram @ksenia.brief
• YouTube Ksenia Brief
• TikTok @ksenia.brief
• Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
• Follow the podcast on Spotify

As I reviewed the episode where I reflected on this year and created a vision for the New Year, I realized that I barely touched on business. There’s been a lot of unlearning and uncertainty in this area for me in 2021. The linear expectations of success have been replaced by a moment-by-moment, intentional co-creation with Source. 

There’s no certainty.

No blueprint.

No assurances. 

Within the void, there’s a lot to explore. In this episode, I share my process – not as someone who’s got it all figured out, but someone who’s in the midst of creating a whole new way of showing up in the world. 

Instead of achievements - like I would have a year ago – I share 11 energetic blueprints that I took away from all my experiences related to business in the past year.

Mentioned: 

Zencastr (use code KSENIA for 30% off)

Legacy Cacao

Rasa

Episode sponsor:

I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized.

Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. It’s time to share your story! 

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

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Related episodes:

145 Michelle Sinnette: New Paradigm of Business with Legacy Cacao Founder

153 Maren Altman: Follow Your Internal Compass As You Build Abundance On Social Media and In Crypto

155: Share What Moves You, Not What Makes Sense ​​

157 Monica Carota: Intuitive Mentorship, Meeting Your Guides and Converting Dollars To Blessings

158 Mose: Co-creating with The Spirit of Plants, Cacao Dance and Being A Channel for Healing Through Music

161 Rasa Founder Lopa van der Mersch: Business As Its Own Energetic Being, Plant Consciousness and Energy Intelligence

165 Alyson Charles: Sacred Pause As The Most Powerful Way To Elevate Your Business

Taking intentional time to pause, reflect and create a vision is one of the most powerful practices you can do anytime of the year, but especially as you prepare to step into the New Year! 

In this episode, I share the prompts I use to reflect and journal on the current year and to create a vision for the New Year. I did a similar episode a couple of years ago, and it’s been fascinating to witness how the change in my values is reflected in the prompts themselves. 

In this episode, I share my own answers to the prompts.

Use these journaling prompts to create a vision of how you want to show up in the world – alone, with your family or in a circle of close friends! 

Get the journaling prompts on kseniabrief.com

Mentioned: 

Eric’s Instagram @ericbrief

Eric’s igloo build on TikTok

DRESSX digital fashion 

Grief Guide Jasmin Jenkins (get to know Jasmin in episode 125)

Akashic Records Readings with Hilary Pearlson (get to know Hilary in episodes 142 and 143)

Michelle Sinnette 

Journal entry that changed my life: Spirit of Content

Solo episode: trust your soul’s journey

Parachute women’s classic organic cotton sweatshirt

Previous version of New Year’s Journaling Prompts

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

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Episode sponsor:

I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized.

Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. You also get a 14-day free trial!

Rebecca Naylor is an Energy Medicine Practitioner, Ascension Guide, Water Advocate, Intuitive Channel, and Wayshower in service to the Shift in Consciousness on Gaia. Rebecca initially appeared in episode 123, where we covered all things Kambo Medicine and what happens when you take Kambo.

This episode is a powerful exploration of deeper soul initiations, awakening, and more!

We discuss: 

Deeper initiations of Soul 

Being molded by the dream of the Earth 

Rebecca’s experience with Aubrey Marcus’ Fit for Service program

Costa Rica as a womb space 

Discovering your ecological niche as a human

The Universe as a treasure map

Deeper levels of awakening

Learning who you are as a soul

Being part of the web of life

Grief as a portal

Ice planet dreams

Integrating an “ego death” in an ayahuasca ceremony

Visiting the cosmic womb 

How Rebecca’s role as a “water love weaver” was revealed to her 

Learning to trust the mystery – in life and in plant medicine ceremony

Rebecca’s experience with shamanic dismemberment initiation

Spirit of death as an ally and a guide

What is Soul? 

Being a better steward of the Earth through your soul’s participation 

Remembering your role in the web of life

Being intentional about surrounding yourself with structured energy (through feng shui, crystals, etc)

How aging is related to dehydration 

Water Vortexing and Water Divination

The healing power of structured and wild harvested water

Water as a Spirit and as a Guide

Water and crystal technology as carriers of consciousness 

Being the flow of life itself

The power fo water to reset your energetic field

The importance of finding local water sources

Episode sponsor:

I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized.

Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. You also get a 14-day free trial!

Resources:

MAYU Swirl Water Pitcher

https://findaspring.com/

Connect with Rebecca:

website: www.kambospiritpath.com

IG: www.instagram.com/kambospiritpath

www.instagram.com/waterloveweaver

FB: www.facebook.com/kambospiritpath

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Elisa Haggarty is a conscious leadership coach and host of The School Of Unlearning Podcast. Elisa was once my coach through Parsley Health, and in this episode you get to experience her presence and wisdom, as well as hear a few powerful lessons she picked up along the path of unlearning.

We discuss: 

Finding yourself in a life you didn’t plan for

Making the choice to write your own story

Learning to unlearn self care

The heartbreak and the accident that shifted Elisa’s life path 

Cultivating radical acceptance

“Life is an inside job”

Adapting the mentality of being “the lucky one”

How a brain trauma led Elisa to meditation and other healing and mindfulness modalities

Choosing to invest into yourself over pleasing others

Elisa’s experience going on a silent meditation retreat in Taiwan 

How teaching English brought Elisa to Hong Kong and led her to becoming a whole foods chef

How Elisa created “The Culinary Farmacy”, a space where the clinical met the culinary

Elisa’s experience with building a nutrition business 

Elisa’s love affair with chocolate 

Elisa’s journey of becoming a coach and learning entrepreneurship 

Finding peace with making money

Having a good relationship with what you do have VS chasing abundance

Leaving a “hot” job at Parsley Health

Helping people understand their relationship between fear and love as her job 

Developing emotional agility 

How Elisa got the clarity to leave her job and go back to one-on-one coaching

Elisa shares her experience with psychedelic mushrooms 

Learning from animals

Episode sponsor:

I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized.

Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. You also get a 14-day free trial!

Connect with Elisa: 

www.elisamaryhaggarty.com

@thesoulpodcast

@elisamaryhaggarty

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kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

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Mollie McGlocklin the host of The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast and the creator of Sleep Is A Skill, a company that optimizes people’s sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. After navigating insomnia while traveling internationally, she created what she couldn’t find - a place to go to learn the skill set of sleep. Knowing the difference between a life with sleep and without, she’s now dedicated her life to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep.

We discuss: 

How does sleep affect our health?

Why sleep is an important skill set for the modern society 

How hormones are impacted by your quality of sleep

The impacts of sleep deprivation

How optimizing your sleep can contribute to your mental health

What is chronobiology and circadian rhythm entrainment? 

Why sun exposure first thing in the morning and at sunset important 

Why creating a consistent sleep schedule is important 

Practical tips to understanding and optimizing how you sleep 

What are some of the most helpful sleep gadgets on the market?

What is social jet lag, and how do we prevent it?

Can creative bouts co-exist with healthy sleep? 

Anticipatory anxiety and sleep 

The kind of content that can interfere with your sleep and how to be mindful of what you consume before bed 

Positive psychology and sleep

Sleep ritual idea for couples

What to do if it’s time to go to bed and you can’t get sleepy

The shocking truth about mealtime and sleep

Sleep rituals 

How “gratitude emails” became Mollie’s longest standing daily ritual 

What it’s like to get engaged at Amangiri in Utah

The non-sleep deep rest protocol (NSDR) from Andrew Huberman that changes everything

Mollie walks us through her morning and nighttime routines

Top biohacks for sleep

Related episodes:

177, 169, 161, 42, 

Resources: 

Ksenia on Sleep Is A Skill Podcast, episode 5

Motion activated red night lights

Auto on/off red night lights

Connect with Mollie: 

Website: Sleep Is A Skill

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

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Daje James aka The Story Doula is a brand strategist, author, artist, and story doula. This is one of the most important conversations I’ve ever had on my podcast, planting powerful seeds for new ways to show up online and approach business. 

Out of the ashes of old paradigm business strategies, arise beautiful intuitive, cyclical ways of being in the world. 

We discuss: 

Finding beauty in tension 

Being an enneagram 7

Writing as a portal of transformation 

Looking inside, instead of outside, to understand who you are (self-referral vs object-referral via Deepak Chopra)

The power of being present with your story

Dharmic creative flow

Being an expression of the Creator

Surrendering your life 

Daje’s spiritual and human journey and experience with religion as a child 

Daje shares her experience being a worship leader 

Tending to the portal of your work

Facing the fears of being unoriginal, incompetent and irrelevant because of lack of formal schooling 

Not dancing around discomfort

Letting go of pleasing people 

Owning the bigness of your soul 

Meeting a hybrid human from another star system

Why past lives and other star systems are extracurricular activities 

The story of the timelines converging in one Instagram account

Bridging art, strategy, marketing, business and spirituality 

Daje’s ancestor that shows up often in readings 

The moment at coffee shop when Daje’s “piercing” soul got reflected back to her 

Learning to allow your soul to do what it’s here to do 

How is it possible that different people get the same energy downloads? 

Regenerative business practices and letting go of old paradigm strategy

Grace as a portal of innovation  

Cyclical strategies and the medicine of masculine cyclicality 

Why alignment alone won’t cut it

Letting go of obsession with linearity 

Making space for soul work 

Allowing things to all apart in the creative process

Releasing binary story of success 

Trusting yourself to be held through identify death

Related episodes: 

176 Blair Badenhop: Trust The Discomfort and Come Home To The Truth Of Who You Are

174 Aaron Rose: Integrating Spiritual Awakening Into The Human Experience and Becoming Uncancellable

172 Part One: I forgot who I am

173 Part Two: I'm remembering who I am 

Connect with Daje James aka The Story Doula:

Instagram: @thestorydoula 

https://www.thestorydoula.co/

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

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Blair Badenhop is a global brand and messaging Strategist with over a decade of experience supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses. Blair was one of my first podcast guests in 2018, where we talked about creating magnetism in branding. 

Make sure you listen to the last 30 minutes of this episode, there are powerful codes shared in that part of the conversation!

We discuss:  Tapping into the truth of who you are among the noise  Merging the masculine and the feminine in how we approach business  Building trust in your path  Being amidst the discomfort  Identity shifts and how they translate on social media  Blair’s experience with motherhood and postpartum entrepreneurship How much do I share my motherhood journey on social media?  Being fluid and feminine in how you show up on social media  What taking a break from running group programs taught Blair Learning to prioritize yourself as a mom The power of stillness Being with duality  How to choose what to focus on as an entrepreneur  Redefining postpartum journey Lessons from running a mastermind  Following what feels alive on social media  Trends that we're noticing in wellness and culture The role that plants are playing in the planetary consciousness shift A peek into behind the scenes of Blair’s signature program “Your Wellness Brand” Blair’s top tips for creating a strong wellness brand

Related episodes: 

10 Blair Badenhop: How To Brand Yourself In The Wellness World, Create Magnetism and Success By Tapping Into Who You Truly Are

130 Boyd Varty: Following The Track Of Your Life and Creative Process in The Digital Age

Connect with Blair Badenhop: 

Blairbadenhop.com

pstprtm.com/

Brand Yourself Podcast

@blairbadenhop on Instagram

Connect with Ksenia: 

 

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Follow the podcast on Spotify