Self trust is the ultimate act of self love. When you love yourself unconditionally, fully accepting the hiccups and challenges that you've had along the road, you are living deeply in trust. Trust in yourself, trust in spirit and thus trust in others. 

This episode was recorded by Heidi Rumohr, host of the Ditch the Budget Podcast, and she was gracious enough to share it with me for this podcast!

We all have a relationship and a story when it comes to money. In this episode I explore what is the work of Byron Katie and how it can change your mindset and open you up to more freedom, peace and joy in your life, even when dealing with the subject of money.

Until we meet again, be brave and stay wild!

I still remember how my mind would wander while I was driving to work all those years ago. It would start with a simple news story on the radio, and from there it would spiral.  Before long my mind would be playing out catastrophic scenarios of bridge collapses and daring rescues in frigid water. I am not sure why I so frequently went to catastrophizing, but it was my go to most of the time.

Liz is a lover of expeditionary wandering on foot or skis. I'm a mother and educator who currently works for an avalanche education non-profit as a curriculum writer and education director. Her outdoor resume is vast and it includes many grand adventures, including pumping at the summit of Mt. Rainier after guiding a trip up the mountain.

This conversation is broad reaching exploring the nature of being a woman in the wilderness, what it means to transition from wilderness/mountain guide to mom, how we hope to change the view of wilderness to one that is more reciprocal in nature, and finally how we are working to bring a more feminine approach to outdoor adventuring - moving us away from consumption (e.g. bagging and tagging) to one that is co-created with place.

Unfortunately, For some unknown reason there were some technical difficulties with this recording - so at one point my audio fades out and sadly our conversation is cut short. However, this conversation was so juicy I didn't want to loose what the zoom gods decided to keep for us. I hope you enjoy it and I'll try to get Liz back sometime soon so we can finish our conversation where we left off. 

Well, here's a venerable episode! Gulp. 

Today I open up more about my journey to quitting drinking has been like, what motivates me to keep going and how I think about the role alcohol plays in maintaing a culture of oppression and disempowerment. I know it's not always the most popular opinion, but I've been gradually uncovering and exploring and getting more curious about the role alcohol has played in the shaping of my life and the shaping of our society.

If the idea of listening to this triggers you. If it peaks an interest. Or if you think that's freaking crazy making it through the pandemic with young children without drinking - I want to encourage you to take a listen. It is often when we have an emotional reaction to others that it's really our own inner soul reaching out for some attention.

If you have more questions about this journey, I'm trying to open up more about it. Please DM me, tell me what resonates, share your experience with me. I would love to know!

Speaking of Souls - I have an event coming up! I'm really excited to announce the Soul Restoration Virtual Nature Based Retreat - starting Thursday March 18. Please check out the eventbrite page for more details or DM me on IG (@morganruffuplift) and I'm happy to connect and answer questions!   https://soulrestorationretreat.eventbrite.com

Until we meet again friends, be brave and stay wild!

10 steps to personal resilience and empowerment in chaotic times with Good Grief Network founders LaUra Schmit and Aimee Lewis-Reau

This conversation was recorded in Spring of 2020. It was so good I felt the need to put it out again on this platform. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the state of the world? Overcome with sadness or grief or anger? Depressed? Or you just avoid any information about the state of our world because it just feels like too much...

You are not alone! And, there is a community here to support you.

In this conversation I have the great honor and privileged to connect with two amazing women who are changing the conversation with their 10-step program to transform the conversation we have around our big emotions and supporting our own growth so that we can creatively address our worlds biggest problems.

These two women have been interviewed and featured on NPR, the Times and many other notable news organizations and I'm beyond humbled they would spend an hour talking with me to share this important message.

If you are interested in learning more about this program I plan to start a group in the near future. DM me or put your favorite emoji into the comments if you're interested in learning more!

https://youtu.be/c44eBusnJpE

Good Grief Network

Restoration is the art of taking a broken system and bringing it back to some version closer to what it once was, functioning and existing closer to its initial nature. We do this in places for the earth (but unfortunately we also destroy places just as quickly). But, it is more rare to find people who are willing to restore their soul. 

I believe we're all born knowing we are love. We are born with a mission and gifts, but gradually over time we forget or are told that we're not supposed to feel, do, act or be that way. So many of us turn our backs to our soul - our truest nature - our heart, in an attempt to fit into a culture that really no one fits into. We try to stay within the narrow confines, and then miss the opportunity to even dream about what a more expansive, self aligned existence might look like. 

Soul restoration tears away at the layers that we've built up over time that no longer serves us and asks us to listen and hear our souls calling. What is your soul craving? Can you even hear it?

Coming the Weekend of March 18-21 I will be hosting a nature based virtual retreat. Space for you to step into some of your soul restoration work and unlock, listen, observe and give to yourself space and time. DM me to be added to the list! 

Friends, this conversation is one of my most treasured. Today I speak with my best friend Margo Young. We explore her heart wrenching story of loss & the journey of trying desperately to find meaning in tragedy, her relationship with cancer and what it means to live life knowing that she is a carrier of a gene mutation and the stress that comes from packing it all in because of a feeling of pressure that comes from this knowledge. And we also explore how COVID-19 has provided a space and opportunity to re-see the feeling and pressure to do it all in a new way. We also talk about the importance of staying healthy for cancer prevention without allowing perfection and over vigilance to become another unhealthy pattern.

I might recommend grabbing a box of tissue just in case for this one. Don’t be afraid of these emotions my friends, we all need to see, experience and bear witness together. So many of us have been touched by similar challenges to Margo and in sharing our stories we open up the opportunity for connection. Please me in witnessing and joining Margo’s brave journey.

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Margo Young is always up for WILD adventure when she's not working her two jobs! As a dedicated environmental health professional AND clean living educator/advocate, Margo works to balance her desire to be outdoors biking, skiing, hiking with boring adult responsibilities. Being the mom of two daughters who can almost ski faster than her is her greatest achievement so far.

Do you feel like you're riding the hamster wheel of to do's, always focused on what is coming so that you don't actually focus on what is happening now? In this episode I describe my step by step process I use to create sustainability and energy in my day to day. This is a process that I first learned from my coach with a few of my own unique twists that I've added along the way. Its one of the all time most useful tools for helping me to stay out of overwhelm and swimming in the flow of life.

This episode is chalk full of all sorts of detail and steps, so I recommend grabbing your journal and a pen to take notes on what feels and sounds good to you! 

Here is a recap of the steps:

So grateful for you and thanks for listening!

xoxo,

Morgan