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What's up, Life Artists? Welcome to another episode of Life Artists Radio LIVE, and today I am coming to you from my room where I do my shamanic work with people. It's kind of empty now because I'm off to a retreat that I'm holding this weekend, about three and a half hours from here into the beautiful countryside of Melbourne, Australia.

And I kind of was just chilling for a little bit, as everything is ready to go. And at this time of my day, just before I leave, everything kind of quiets down. You're able to everything kind of zones in for the work that I have ahead of me and serve the people they make their way to the retreat. But you know, I had a little bit of time to think a bit about my week. A very powerful week actually working with my clients and the journey that I'm on right now and preparing for this retreat, which usually takes quite a bit of energy to get all in balance be ready to go. But I wanted to share a little story, a story that you probably know. It's a very old story and a story that most people know. And it's a story that really connects well the things I have experienced with my clients this week and the really good friend of mine.

I mean this, this happens to every single person, right? And it's the story of two wolves. So the story goes like this. An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me." He says to the boy, "it is a terrible fight. And it is between two wolves. One is evil. He's anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "the other is good. His joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside of you. And inside, every other person too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather which wolves will win? The old Cherokee simply repeats, "the one you feed."

The one you feed... I love this story ride. I love this story. And do you have those two wolves inside of you? I sure do. This week I have experienced it with a client that I'm working with and that I have the privilege to serve, and that had an extreme battle between those two wolves going on, the fear, the despair, and the inner question "will it ever get better?" I mean, I don't know if you ever suffered anxiety or depression, I did, and many people do. And during that moment, that thought, of anger, resentment, guilt, envy, self-pity, and all that kind of stuff, right, that holds us back, that makes us believe that there is no hope there's no tomorrow. Right? I was talking to a really precious friend of mine earlier today, which is in the same place, that battle, that internal battle, and I know how it is because I have been there many times, especially when I was going through my depression and my anxiety.

Even before I just go on live, I gotta be honest, you know, that little self-doubt that says, "what am I going to speak about? Is it going to be a value, you know, is it going to serve someone has someone else already said it" that little inner voice that is trying to hold you back that is trying to he's trying to make you do things only if you're gonna get a specific result only if you're going to be seen a certain way. And if you do that, if you only do things to be seen, to be applauded, give you that feedback that you're doing the right thing. That is the dark wolf. And even when I before I just go live, you know that moment of reflection of, "what am I doing?" "Am I going to serve?" Right? When I just asked that question, it's all about me, right? It's all about me. That's why the fear comes up. So the moment we change that position to serve to "I am doing the best I can, I hope this serves. But this is all I've got today," right? Or whatever I'm doing in my life, I am doing the best I can.

So this is all I have, and I'm trying to take myself to the next level, or I'm trying, you know, to be a better human being. I don't know, whatever it is. But if we do it for the greater good, if we do it for service, rather than to be seen a certain way, that's when the good wolf comes in, the one that will push you, the one that will applaud you and say "Yeah, get the courage, have the joy, enjoy everything and share it rather than always listen to the voice that wants to hold you back trying to make you believe that it's never good enough, you gotta be more special otherwise, nobody's going to see you.

Those two wolves. We all have them inside of us every single day. And even, you know me going to to the retreat for this weekend, right. I gotta be very mindful of who is going to rock up to this retreat. Which wolf? Which wolf? Right. Is it the wolf that wants to be seen? Is it the wolf that wants the applause at the end of the retreat? Is it the wolf that wants to be recognized and speak spoken about? Or is it the wolf that knows that all he's trying to do is the best he can? And for the good of all and to serve? To help to bring something to share something that isn't about him. If we can live life like that, everything changes. As a matter of fact, my client changed from the dark wolf, the bad wolf, the angry wolf, the fearful wolf into their white wolf. The loving, the caring, the appreciating one, and suddenly, the fear went away.

The fear leaves when we go from scarcity to abundance, or go from victim to victor, or from wanting to be seen so bad and so scared and afraid to fail, to get lost and forgotten and left behind to "this is who I am. This is all I've got to try the best I can. And I'm doing this to share. I'm doing this to enjoy my life to the fullest."

So a very powerful week. A lot of this came up this week. And it will be a lot of these during the weekend. Because this is what I do with the people that will attend the retreat. I will have to bring them to that space where that dark wolf comes up and tries to hold them back. That's when they will have to start feeding the good wolf, the joyful wolf, the happy wolf, the grateful wolf.

So which one are you feeding right now? Which one are you feeding? And if you are feeding the bad wolf, the dark wolf, you don't have to be sorry. You don't have to feel bad about yourself. It's just about recognizing, right? And turn it around, go from anger to gratitude, come from fear to joy, to understand that you know who you are. And you can't be someone else. Often, we are in this world, and we look up to other people. And we think, "well if I am this or that, I'm going to be happy. If I'm going to make this amount of money, I'm going to be happy." Trust me, I had all the money more than I could spend. And it didn't change much. Let me tell you, and you know what changes that moment, you actually get addicted to that. And then you are fearful of losing it. And then what, and then you're yet in another jail.

And if it's good health that you want and maybe say that when you have good health your life will be amazing. Like "when I lose 10 kilos, 20 kilos, and I have a six-pack, I'm going to be amazing because people are going to see me," and then you get it, you will want more. Because it's not enough. It's never going to be enough. Because if you compare yourself to someone else, there's always someone better. But the only person you're going to have to compare yourself to is you. The vision of you of yesterday.

Which wolf are you feeding? The good or the bad? What do you believe? That you're good enough or not enough? That there is love and there's abundance all around you or that you have to work hard and that to belong, you have to be special or have to achieve stuff?

I wanted to jump on real quick to give you something to think. I hope you are embracing the good wolf. And if it is the bad one, then be aware of making little changes to tuning in to what will serve you rather than holding you back. Fear is not going to get you far... but gratitude, acceptance, happiness, and joy will.

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